Umfang:
1 online resource (363 pages)
ISBN:
9780292796157
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Names and Orthography -- On Distances and Measurements -- Epochs of Civilization in the Maya Tropical Forest -- PART ONE. Time, Land, and Forest -- 1. Introduction to the Maya Tropical Forest -- Sidebar: Biosphere Reserves -- 2. History of the Maya Tropical Forest -- The New Land's Form -- The Rise of Maya Civilization -- The Classic Maya -- First Encounters -- A Mysterious Poison -- Conquest of the Lowland Maya -- The Rise of the Western World -- 3. Natural History of the Maya Tropical Forest -- Introduction -- Weather -- Animals -- Sidebar: U kunyah chäk k'ek'en: Lacandón Maya Chant to Cure the Coatimundi Growling Disease -- Wild Plants -- PART TWO. Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize -- 4. Mexico -- The Selva Lacandona -- Sidebar: The Best Pilot in Chiapas -- People of the Selva Lacandona -- Protected Areas -- Archaeological Sites -- Sidebar: Letter from Calakmul -- 5. Guatemala -- Introduction -- The Maya Tropical Forest in Guatemala -- Modern Peoples in the Guatemalan Petén -- Sidebar: The Lacandón Maya in Guatemala -- Protected Areas -- Major Archaeological Sites in the Guatemalan Petén -- 6. Belize -- Introduction -- Geography of Belize -- Modern Peoples -- Protected Areas -- Archaeological Sites -- PART THREE. The Future of the Maya Tropical Forest -- 7. The Future of the Selva Maya -- Protected Areas: Threats and Solutions -- Archaeology: Threats and Solutions -- Cultural Diversity: Threats and Solutions -- The Challenge of Population Growth -- The Promise of Ecological Tourism -- Regional Incentives -- Lessons from the Ancient Maya -- Glossary -- References Cited -- Index -- Photos follow page 110.
Anmerkung:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780292712829
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Maya tropical forest
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Nations, James D. The Maya tropical forest Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2006 ISBN 9780292713185
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0292712820
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0292713185
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Ethnologie
Schlagwort(e):
Maya
;
Tropischer Regenwald
;
Ethnobotanik
;
Ethnozoologie
;
Humanökologie
;
Historische Stätte
;
Archäologische Stätte
;
Ökologie
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Bookmarklink
