ArticleScientific reports2020
Molecular genetic and geochemical assays reveal severe contamination of drinking water reservoirs at the ancient Maya city of Tikal.
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- Psychoactive and other ceremonial plants from a 2,000-year-old Maya ritual deposit at Yaxnohcah, Mexico.PloS one · 2024Article
- Ancient Maya reservoirs, constructed wetlands, and future water needs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Harmful algal blooms and cyanotoxins in Lake Amatitlán, Guatemala, coincided with ancient Maya occupation in the watershed.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Historical socioecological transformations in the global tropics as an Anthropocene analogue.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Environmental DNA reveals arboreal cityscapes at the Ancient Maya Center of Tikal.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Zeolite water purification at Tikal, an ancient Maya city in Guatemala.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Co-Occurrence of Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins with Other Environmental Health Hazards: Impacts and Implications.Toxins · 2020Review
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Abstract
Understanding civilizations of the past and how they emerge and eventually falter is a primary research focus of archaeological investigations because these provocative data sets offer critical insights into long-term human behavior patterns, especially in regard to land use practices and sustainable environmental interactions. The ancient Maya serve as an intriguing example of this research focus, yet the details of their spectacular emergence in a tropical forest environment followed by their eventual demise have remained enigmatic. Tikal, one of the foremost of the ancient Maya cities, plays a central role in this discussion because of its sharp population decline followed by abandonment during the late 9
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