Journal article
Soil development and ancient Maya land use in the tropical karst landscape: Case of Busiljá, Chiapas, México
Abstract
Abstract The soil mantle of the tropical karstic landscapes of Southern Mexico was shaped by specific processes of pedogenesis and long‐term human impacts of ancient Maya agriculture. To understand the interaction between natural and human‐induced soil‐forming processes in the calcareous mountains of Chiapas state, we studied soil toposequences around the Classic Maya site of Budsilhá and related them to the archaeological evidence of …
Authors
García‐Ramírez P; Guillén K; Sedov S; Golden C; Morell‐Hart S; Scherer A; Pi T; Solleiro‐Rebolledo E; Dine H; Rivera Y
Journal
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Vol. 88, No. 5, pp. 1561–1582
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2024
DOI
10.1002/saj2.20723
ISSN
0361-5995