City plans symbolizing cosmologies have long been recognized as a defining element of
Mesoamerican civilizations. The origins of formal spatial configurations are thus the key to …

We report on a large area of ancient Maya wetland field systems in Belize, Central America,
based on airborne lidar survey coupled with multiple proxies and radiocarbon dates that …

Airborne lidar (light detection and ranging), which produces three-dimensional models of
ground surfaces under the forest canopy, has become an important tool in archaeological …

Pre-Columbian food production in the Maya Lowlands was long characterized as reliant on
extensive, slash-and-burn agriculture as the sole cultivation system possible in the region …

In the past decade, Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) has fundamentally changed our
ability to remotely detect archaeological features and deepen our understanding of past …

In this paper we present an analysis of lidar data along Sacbe 1, the longest causeway in
Mesoamerica, connecting the sites of Coba and Yaxuna. In addition to performing an …

Settlement research in the Maya lowlands has struggled to reconcile its goals to model a
tropical forest civilization in ecological terms with the logistical constraints imposed by the …

The Classic Period Maya cities of Caracol and Tikal possessed unique urban morphologies
of water management. In part, the built environment at each city reflects adaptations to the …

Archaeologists can now collect an inordinate amount of 3D data. But are these 3D data
sustainable? Are they being managed to make them accessible? The MayaArch3D Project …

LiDAR coverage of a large contiguous area within the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin
(MCKB) of northern Guatemala has identified a concentration of Preclassic Maya sites (ca …