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Cartografía por radar, arqueología y uso de la tierra maya antigua
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 25, 1981
Resumen
La antigua civilización maya tenía una base económica más robusta de lo que se entendía anteriormente, respaldada por el cultivo intensivo de áreas pantanosas. Nuevos datos revelan extensos sistemas de canales antiguos utilizados para la agricultura a gran escala durante el período clásico tardío.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Arqueología Arqueología.
- Civilizaciones antiguas.
- La historia de la agricultura La historia de la agricultura La historia de la agricultura La historia de la agricultura La historia de la agricultura La historia de la agricultura La historia de la agricultura La historia de la agricultura
Sus antecedentes:
- Existe una incongruencia de larga data entre la conocida complejidad de la antigua civilización maya y su reconstruida base económica.
- La comprensión previa sugería una base económica relativamente débil para esta sociedad compleja.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar las prácticas agrícolas y los fundamentos económicos de la antigua civilización maya.
- Para conciliar la complejidad percibida de la sociedad maya con su reconstruida base económica.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizó el radar de apertura sintética (SAR) en encuestas aéreas de las tierras bajas del sur de los mayas.
- Realizó controles en tierra, excavaciones y estudios en tierra en áreas limitadas para confirmar y recopilar datos comparativos sobre canales antiguos.
Principales resultados:
- Identificó extensos sistemas de canales antiguos, lo que sugiere un drenaje a gran escala para el cultivo intensivo.
- Confirmó la existencia y la función de estos canales a través de la verificación del suelo y las excavaciones.
- La evidencia indica patrones de cultivo mucho más intensivos de lo que se pensaba anteriormente.
Conclusiones:
- La civilización maya del período clásico tardío fue apoyada por una sólida base económica.
- Esta base económica se derivó del cultivo intensivo a gran escala de zonas pantanosas facilitado por sofisticados sistemas de canales.
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