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CLIMATE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AT KAMINALJUYU, GUATEMALA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2002

Marion Popenoe de Hatch ,
Erick Ponciano ,
Tomás Barrientos Q. ,
Mark Brenner  and
Charles Ortloff
Marion Popenoe de Hatch
Affiliation:
Departamento Arqueología, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Apartado Postal No. 82, Guatemala 01901, Guatemala
Erick Ponciano
Affiliation:
Departamento Arqueología, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Apartado Postal No. 82, Guatemala 01901, Guatemala
Tomás Barrientos Q.
Affiliation:
Departamento Arqueología, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Apartado Postal No. 82, Guatemala 01901, Guatemala
Mark Brenner
Affiliation:
Departamento Arqueología, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Apartado Postal No. 82, Guatemala 01901, Guatemala
Charles Ortloff
Affiliation:
Departamento Arqueología, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Apartado Postal No. 82, Guatemala 01901, Guatemala
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Abstract

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During the years 2000 and 2001, a project was carried out to determine the paleoclimate in the Valley of Guatemala. There were two main objectives: (1) to compare and contrast the Highland data with that already obtained from the Maya Lowlands and the Caribbean region; and (2) to understand the relationship between climate and the disappearance of lakes and irrigated agriculture at the archaeological site of Kaminaljuyu in the Valley of Guatemala. Sediment cores have been recovered from Lake Amatitlan and the extinct Lake Miraflores associated with Kaminaljuyu. The samples have been transported to the United States for radiocarbon dating and for analysis of microfossils and pollen content. The paper summarizes the work and the results of the analysis obtained to the present.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: SPECIAL SECTION: HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGY IN THE MAYA AREA
Information
Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 2002 , pp. 103 - 114
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press