Archaeological and cultural heritage (ACH), one of the core carriers of cultural diversity on
our planet, has a direct bearing on the sustainable development of mankind. Documenting …

INTRODUCTION Lowland Maya civilization flourished from 1000 BCE to 1500 CE in and
around the Yucatan Peninsula. Known for its sophistication in writing, art, architecture …

Floods are a natural hazard that affect communities worldwide, but to date the vast majority
of flood hazard research and mapping has been undertaken by wealthy developed nations …

Archaeologists have traditionally thought that the development of Maya civilization was
gradual, assuming that small villages began to emerge during the Middle Preclassic period …

An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of “methodologically
omnivorous” geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the …

Humans consistently modify their environments—both directly and indirectly. However, the
linkage between human activity and anthropogenic landscapes intensifies in urban …

Urban adaptation to climate change is a global challenge requiring a broad response that
can be informed by how urban societies in the past responded to environmental shocks. Yet …

Many humans live in large, complex political centers, composed of multi-scalar communities
including neighborhoods and districts. Both today and in the past, neighborhoods form a …

City plans symbolizing cosmologies have long been recognized as a defining element of
Mesoamerican civilizations. The origins of formal spatial configurations are thus the key to …

Human societies have been reshaping the geomorphology of landscapes for thousands of
years, producing anthropogenic geomorphic features ranging from earthworks and …