Using accumulated cost surfaces and various pathfinding techniques within Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) software, archaeologists and other spatial scientists have …

Pistia stratiotes L.(water lettuce) is a floating aquatic plant with wide pantropical distribution
and the sole extant species of the Pistia genus. Fragmented knowledge about pre-modern …

The updated inventory of the Latin American Pollen Database (LAPD) offers a wide range of
new insights. This paper presents a systematic compilation of palynological research in …

In this article we discuss two theoretical approaches to landscape studies in archaeology:
the ecological and social/symbolic. We suggest that an integrated approach can provide a …

Although fire was arguably the primary tool used by the Maya to alter the landscape and
extract resources, little attention has been paid to biomass burning in paleoenvironmental …

Se analiza la época propuesta de Antropoceno relacionada con el control de geosistemas
por actividades humanas con base en estudios ambientales vs. condiciones antrópicas del …

Scholars continue to debate the relative magnitude of pre-and post-Conquest anthropogenic
landscape transformation in many regions of Mesoamerica. These debates have important …

We use excavations of low-status houses to explore Postclassic political and economic
transformations in the lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca. Following the collapse of Classic …

The lack of multi-millennial multi-proxy paleoenvironmental reconstructions from Mexico's
Pacific coast has limited our understanding of the regional response to climate change and …

Data from four soil profiles studied through pollen and macroscopic charcoal analyses were
used to identify specific palynological assemblages associated with a traditional land-use …