The Maya Forest Garden: Eight Millennia of Sustainable Cultivation of the Tropical Woodlands

by Ronald Nigh and Anabel Ford

Book Overview

The conventional wisdom says that the devolution of Classic Maya civilization occurred because its population grew too large and dense to be supported by primitive neotropical farming methods, resulting in debilitating famines and internecine struggles. Using research on contemporary Maya farming techniques and important new archaeological research, Ford and Nigh refute this Malthusian explanation of events in ancient Central America and posit a radical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611329981
• ISBN13: 9781611329988
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"