MaritimeMaya2011: The Costa Escondida Project: Exploring the Hidden World of the Maritime Maya on the Yucatan Peninsula between 20110509 and 20110531

Description

The northeast tip of the Yucatan Peninsula is a largely unexplored coastline where ancient Maya traders traveled in massive dugout canoes filled with goods from across Mesoamerica. Along this coastline lies the ancient port site of Vista Alegre. The ancient Maya survived and thrived here despite an extraordinarily complex and harsh coastal environment by employing highly specialized subsistence strategies involving perennial access to freshwater, exploitation of marine resources, and cultivation of nich plant species. By bringing together scholars from the fields of archaeology, coastal ecology, geoarchaeology, and hydrogeology, the Costa Escondida Project will explore adaptive subsistence strategies at the human-coastal interface.

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21 mapsOE.htm https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/oer-digital-atlas/mapsOE.htm
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  • preserve
  • ocean discovery
  • ocean research
  • terrestrial hydrosphere
  • explorer
  • coastal geomorphology
  • land surface
  • transformational research
  • ocean education
  • drowned springs
  • paleotempestology
  • nautical
  • geomorphology
  • yucatan peninsula
  • underwater
  • stewardship
  • nautical archaeology
  • oceans
  • marine education
  • maritime cultural landscapes
  • marine sediments
  • quintana roo
  • submerged cultural heritage
  • archaeological
  • noaa
  • caribbean sea
  • protection
  • karstification
  • crm
  • mexico
  • historic
  • scientific research
  • marine archaeology
  • ocean literacy
  • laguna yalahau
  • groundwater chemistry
  • conservation
  • undersea
  • gulf of mexico
  • ocean exploration and research
  • maritime archaeology
  • systematic exploration
  • protect
  • ocean
  • ocean exploration
  • sea
  • submerged cultural resource
  • cultural resource management
  • uch
  • underwater cultural heritage
  • coastal archaeology
  • hydrogeology
  • maya civilization
  • karst landforms/processes
  • conserve
  • maritime
  • technology
  • ground water
  • sea level change
  • exploration
  • geoarchaeology
  • vista alegre
  • laguna holbox
  • coastal ecology
  • drowned coastline
  • science
  • submerged cultural resources
  • archaeology
  • expedition
  • scientific mission
  • oer

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