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Coastal reconstruction of Vista Alegre, an ancient maritime Maya settlement

Abstract

Past coastal reconstruction is useful for understanding archaeological coastal settlements and predicting how coastal change might affect modern populations. The ancient Maritime Maya inhabitants of Vista Alegre in the northeastern Yucatan were active seafaring peoples. However, the past coastal landscape environmental history is unknown. Previous research concentrated on the fully terrestrial component of the site, and did not approach the …

Authors

Jaijel R; Glover JB; Rissolo D; Beddows PA; Smith D; Ben-Avraham Z; Goodman-Tchernov B

Journal

Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Vol. 497, , pp. 25–36

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

5 2018

DOI

10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.02.003

ISSN

0031-0182