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University of Cincinnati: Cincinnati, OH, US

2006-09-25 to present | Professor (Biological Sciences)
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David Lentz

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University of Alabama: Tuscaloosa, AL, US

1979-09-01 to 1984-05-31 | PhD (Biology)
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David Lentz

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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection: DC, DC, US

2021-09-13 | Fellowship (Pre-Columbian Studies)
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Funding (7)

CSBR: Natural History: Relocation and critical upgrades to storage, curation and digital access to the Margaret H. Fulford Herbarium at the University of Cincinnati

2021-05 to 2024-04 | Grant
National Science Foundation (Alexandria, Virginia, US)
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David Lentz

Novel Molecular and Geochemical Approaches to Watershed Analysis

2016-09 to 2019-08 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

1642547
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David Lentz

Ancient Maya Land, Forest, and Water Management and the Rise of the Early Urban Center of Yaxnohcah, Mexico

2016-03 to 2021-03 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

1632392
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David Lentz

Non-elite Political Economy, Agriculture, and a Sacbe at Cerén, El Salvador

2013-03 to 2016-02 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

1250629
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David Lentz

Root Crop Agriculture, Land Use, and Authority Outside of the Ceren Village, El Salvador

2011-06 to 2013-05 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

1115775
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David Lentz

Ancient Maya Agroforestry and Water Management Systems at Tikal

2009-01 to 2013-12 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

0810118
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David Lentz

Agroforestry and Water Management Practices of the Ancient Maya at Tikal

2008-09 to 2010-08 | Grant
Wenner-Gren Foundation (NY, NY, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

7799
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Growth and decline of a sustainable city: A multitemporal perspective on blue-black-green infrastructures at the pre-Columbian Lowland Maya city of Tikal

Urban Studies
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/00420980231224648
Contributors: Christian Isendahl; Nicholas P Dunning; Liwy Grazioso; Scott Hawken; David L Lentz; Vernon L Scarborough
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Deciphering the artificial evolution of domesticated plants within dynamic habitats

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2025-01-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2422179121
Contributors: David L. Lentz; Mary E. D. Pohl
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Psychoactive and other ceremonial plants from a 2,000-year-old Maya ritual deposit at Yaxnohcah, Mexico

PLOS ONE
2024-04-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301497
Contributors: David L. Lentz; John P. Hart; Trinity L. Hamilton; Stephanie A. Meyers; Nicholas P. Dunning; Kathryn Reese-Taylor; Armando Anaya Hernández; Debra S. Walker; Eric J. Tepe; Atasta Flores Esquivel et al.
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Lidar-Based Aboveground Biomass Estimations for the Maya Archaeological Site of Yaxnohcah, Campeche, Mexico

Remote Sensing
2022-07-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs14143432
Part of ISSN: 2072-4292
Contributors: Mariana Vázquez-Alonso; David L. Lentz; Nicholas P. Dunning; Christopher Carr; ARMANDO ANAYA HERNANDEZ; Kathryn Reese-Taylor
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Paleoecological Studies at the Ancient Maya Center of Yaxnohcah Using Analyses of Pollen, Environmental DNA, and Plant Macroremains

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2022-06-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.868033
Part of ISSN: 2296-701X
Contributors: David L. Lentz; Trinity L. Hamilton; Nicholas P. Dunning; John G. Jones; Kathryn Reese-Taylor; Armando Anaya Hernández; Debra S. Walker; Eric J. Tepe; Christopher Carr; Jeff L. Brewer et al.
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Environmental DNA reveals arboreal cityscapes at the Ancient Maya Center of Tikal

Scientific Reports
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91620-6
EID:

2-s2.0-85108173457

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Hamilton, T.L.; Dunning, N.P.; Tepe, E.J.; Scarborough, V.L.; Meyers, S.A.; Grazioso, L.; Weiss, A.A.
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Trees, shrubs, and forests at Joya de Cerén, a Late Classic Mesoamerican village

Quaternary International
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.026
EID:

2-s2.0-85101867288

Part of ISSN: 10406182
Contributors: Slotten, V.; Lentz, D.L.
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Ecosystem impacts by the Ancestral Puebloans of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA

PLOS ONE
2021-10-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258369
Contributors: David L. Lentz; Peter F. Biehl; Venicia Slotten; Nicholas P. Dunning; John G. Jones; Vernon L. Scarborough; Jon-Paul McCool; Lewis A. Owen; Samantha G. Fladd; Kenneth B. Tankersley et al.
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Ancient Maya Intensive Agriculture and Water Management Practices

University of Colorado Press
2021-02-15 | Book chapter
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Landscape management and polyculture in the ancient gardens and fields at Joya de Cerén, El Salvador

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101191
EID:

2-s2.0-85085754096

Part of ISSN: 10902686 02784165
Contributors: Slotten, V.; Lentz, D.; Sheets, P.
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Molecular genetic and geochemical assays reveal severe contamination of drinking water reservoirs at the ancient Maya city of Tikal

Scientific Reports
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67044-z
EID:

2-s2.0-85086882097

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Hamilton, T.L.; Dunning, N.P.; Scarborough, V.L.; Luxton, T.P.; Vonderheide, A.; Tepe, E.J.; Perfetta, C.J.; Brunemann, J.; Grazioso, L. et al.
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Zeolite water purification at Tikal, an ancient Maya city in Guatemala

Scientific Reports
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75023-7
EID:

2-s2.0-85093839987

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Tankersley, K.B.; Dunning, N.P.; Carr, C.; Lentz, D.L.; Scarborough, V.L.
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Molecular genetic and geochemical assays reveal severe contamination of drinking water reservoirs at the ancient Maya city of Tikal

Scientific Reports
2020-02-15 | Journal article
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David Lentz

Margin for error: Anthropogenic geomorphology of Bajo edges in the Maya Lowlands

Geomorphology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.09.002
EID:

2-s2.0-85052909954

Part of ISSN: 0169555X
Contributors: Dunning, N.P.; Anaya Hernández, A.; Beach, T.; Carr, C.; Griffin, R.; Jones, J.G.; Lentz, D.L.; Luzzadder-Beach; Reese-Taylor, K.; Šprajc, I.
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The impact of maize (Zea mays) on the stable carbon isotope values of archaeological soil organic matter

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.01.024
EID:

2-s2.0-85060988409

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Tankersley, K.B.; Conover, D.G.; Lentz, D.L.; Callihan, A.; Weakley, J.; Hassett, I.; Platt, E.; Laiveling, A.; Bradford, E.
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Imperial resource management at the ancient Maya city of Tikal: A resilience model of sustainability and collapse

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2018.08.005
EID:

2-s2.0-85052908028

Part of ISSN: 10902686 02784165
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Dunning, N.P.; Scarborough, V.L.; Grazioso, L.
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Positive Platinum anomalies at three late Holocene high magnitude volcanic events in Western Hemisphere sediments

Scientific Reports
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29741-8
EID:

2-s2.0-85050681770

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Tankersley, K.B.; Dunning, N.P.; Owen, L.A.; Huff, W.D.; Park, J.H.; Kim, C.; Lentz, D.L.; Sparks-Stokes, D.
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Soil analysis in discussions of agricultural feasibility for ancient civilizations: A critical review and reanalysis of the data and debate from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

PLoS ONE
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198290
EID:

2-s2.0-85052244549

Part of ISSN: 19326203
Contributors: McCool, J.-P.P.; Fladd, S.G.; Scarborough, V.L.; Plog, S.; Dunning, N.P.; Owen, L.A.; Watson, A.S.; Bishop, K.J.; Crowley, B.E.; Haussner, E.A. et al.
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Water uncertainty, ritual predictability and agricultural canals at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Antiquity
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2018.114
EID:

2-s2.0-85052229676

Part of ISSN: 0003598X
Contributors: Scarborough, V.L.; Fladd, S.G.; Dunning, N.P.; Plog, S.; Owen, L.A.; Carr, C.; Tankersley, K.B.; McCool, J.-P.; Watson, A.S.; Haussner, E.A. et al.
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Identifying 'plantscapes' at the Classic Maya village of Joya de Cerén, El Salvador

Antiquity
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2017.119
EID:

2-s2.0-85027060087

Part of ISSN: 0003598X
Contributors: Farahani, A.; Chiou, K.L.; Harkey, A.; Hastorf, C.A.; Lentz, D.L.; Sheets, P.
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Micro-flotation removal of coal contaminants from archaeological radiocarbon samples from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.01.029
EID:

2-s2.0-85010430641

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Tankersley, K.B.; Owen, L.A.; Dunning, N.P.; Fladd, S.G.; Bishop, K.J.; Lentz, D.L.; Slotten, V.
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A New Radiocarbon Sequence from Lamanai, Belize: Two Bayesian Models from One of Mesoamerica's Most Enduring Sites

Radiocarbon
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/RDC.2016.44
EID:

2-s2.0-85016710274

Part of ISSN: 00338222
Contributors: Hanna, J.A.; Graham, E.; Pendergast, D.M.; Hoggarth, J.A.; Lentz, D.L.; Kennett, D.J.
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Agroforestry and ritual at the ancient Maya center of Lamanai

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.030
EID:

2-s2.0-84975465541

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Graham, E.; Vinaja, X.; Slotten, V.; Jain, R.
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Catastrophic volcanism and its implication for agriculture in the Maya Lowlands

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.12.019
EID:

2-s2.0-84953432276

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Tankersley, K.B.; Dunning, N.P.; Scarborough, V.; Huff, W.D.; Lentz, D.L.; Carr, C.
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Stable carbon isotope values (δ<sup>13</sup>C) of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and their archaeological significance

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.04.009
EID:

2-s2.0-84966397566

Part of ISSN: 2352409X
Contributors: Tankersley, K.B.; Conover, D.G.; Lentz, D.L.
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Agroforestry and ritual at the ancient Maya center of Lamanai

Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
2016-04-15 | Journal article
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David Lentz

Agroforestry and agricultural practices of the ancient maya at tikal

Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City
2015 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139227209.009
EID:

2-s2.0-84927697424
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Magee, K.; Weaver, E.; Jones, J.G.; Tankersley, K.B.; Hood, A.; Islebe, G.; Hernandez, C.E.R.; Dunning, N.P.
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Connecting contemporary ecology and ethnobotany to ancient plant use practices of the maya at tikal

Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City
2015 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139227209.008
EID:

2-s2.0-84927697080
Contributors: Thompson, K.M.; Hood, A.; Cavallaro, D.; Lentz, D.L.
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Defining the constructed niche of tikal: A summary view

Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City
2015 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139227209.014
EID:

2-s2.0-84954143064
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Dunning, N.P.; Scarborough, V.L.
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Fire and water: The archaeological significance of tikal’s quaternary sediments

Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City
2015 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139227209.010
EID:

2-s2.0-84927692229
Contributors: Tankersley, K.B.; Dunning, N.P.; Scarborough, V.L.; Jones, J.G.; Carr, C.; Lentz, D.L.
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Genetic variation and structure in the neotropical tree, Manilkara zapota (L) P. Royen (Sapotaceae) used by the ancient Maya

Tree Genetics and Genomes
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-015-0867-9
EID:

2-s2.0-84928332818

Part of ISSN: 16142950 16142942
Contributors: Thompson, K.M.; Culley, T.M.; Zumberger, A.M.; Lentz, D.L.
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Phaseolus from cerén - A late classic maya site,Phaseolus de cerén- Un sitio arqueológico maya del período clásico tardío

Economic Botany
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-015-9307-x
EID:

2-s2.0-84943354994

Part of ISSN: 00130001
Contributors: Kaplan, L.; Lentz, D.L.; Slotten, V.; Sheets, P.; Hood, A.N.
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The sociopolitical economy of an ancient Maya Village: Cerén and its sacbe

Latin American Antiquity
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.26.3.341
EID:

2-s2.0-84991694187

Part of ISSN: 10456635
Contributors: Sheets, P.; Dixon, C.; Lentz, D.; Egan, R.; Halmbacher, A.; Slotten, V.; Herrera, R.; Lamb, C.
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Tikal land, water, and forest: An introduction

Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City
2015 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139227209.002
EID:

2-s2.0-84954089823
Contributors: Dunning, N.P.; Lentz, D.L.; Scarborough, V.L.
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Tikal: Paleoecology of an ancient Maya city

Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City
2015 | Book
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139227209
EID:

2-s2.0-84954177872
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Dunning, N.P.; Scarborough, V.L.
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Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City.

Cambridge University Press
2015-02-15 | Book
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David Lentz

Food, farming, and forest management at Aguateca

Life and Politics at the Royal Court of Aguateca: Artifacts, Analytical Data, and Synthesis
2014 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85014134429
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Lane, B.; Thompson, K.
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Forests, fields, and the edge of sustainability at the ancient Maya city of Tikal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1408631111
EID:

2-s2.0-84924384830

Part of ISSN: 10916490 00278424
Contributors: Lentz, D.L.; Dunning, N.P.; Scarborough, V.L.; Magee, K.S.; Thompson, K.M.; Weaver, E.; Carr, C.; Terry, R.E.; Islebe, G.; Tankersley, K.B. et al.
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Tropical landscapes and the Ancient Maya: Diversity in time and space

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
2014 | Book
DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12026
EID:

2-s2.0-84927523917

Part of ISSN: 15518248 1551823X
Contributors: Chase, A.F.; Lucero, L.J.; Scarborough, V.L.; Chase, D.Z.; Cobos, R.; Dunning, N.P.; Fedick, S.L.; Fialko, V.; Gunn, J.D.; Hegmon, M. et al.
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Water and landscape: Ancient Maya settlement decisions

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
2014 | Book
DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12027
EID:

2-s2.0-84927514065

Part of ISSN: 15518248 1551823X
Contributors: Lucero, L.J.; Fedick, S.L.; Dunning, N.P.; Lentz, D.L.; Scarborough, V.L.
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Forests, fields, and the edge of sustainability at the ancient Maya city of Tikal.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
2014-06-15 | Journal article
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David Lentz

Food, Farming, and Forest Management at Aguateca.

University of Utah Press
2014-05-15 | Book chapter
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David Lentz

Correlating the ancient Maya and modern european calendars with high-precision AMS <sup>14</sup>C dating

Scientific Reports
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep01597
EID:

2-s2.0-84885615606

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Kennett, D.J.; Hajdas, I.; Culleton, B.J.; Belmecheri, S.; Martin, S.; Neff, H.; Awe, J.; Graham, H.V.; Freeman, K.H.; Newsom, L. et al.
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Agroforestry and agricultural production of the ancient Maya at Chan

Chan: An Ancient Maya Farming Community
2012 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-84878796750
Contributors: Lentz, D.; Woods, S.; Hood, A.; Murph, M.
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Ancient manioc agriculture south of the ceren village, el salvador

Latin American Antiquity
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.23.3.259
EID:

2-s2.0-84892588588

Part of ISSN: 10456635
Contributors: Sheets, P.; Lentz, D.; Piperno, D.; Jones, J.; Dixon, C.; Maloof, G.; Hood, A.
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New evidence for jute (Corchorus capsularis L.) in the Indus civilization

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-012-0088-1
EID:

2-s2.0-84873019919

Part of ISSN: 18669565 18669557
Contributors: Wright, R.P.; Lentz, D.L.; Beaubien, H.F.; Kimbrough, C.K.
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Use of Aguadas as water management sources in two southern Maya lowland sites

Ancient Mesoamerica
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536112000065
EID:

2-s2.0-84862278669

Part of ISSN: 09565361 14691787
Contributors: Ferrand, E.A.; Dunning, N.P.; Lentz, D.L.; Jones, J.G.
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Agroforestry and agricultural production of the ancient Maya at the Chan site.

University Press of Florida
2012-06-15 | Book chapter
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Morphometric Analysis of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Achenes from Mexico and Eastern North America,Análisis Morfométrico de Aquenios de Girasol (Helianthus annuus L.) de México y Este de los Estados Unidos de América

Economic Botany
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-011-9165-0
EID:

2-s2.0-80052957998

Part of ISSN: 00130001
Contributors: Tarighat, S.S.; Lentz, D.L.; Matter, S.F.; Bye, R.
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Sunflower domestication alleles support single domestication center in eastern North America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104853108
EID:

2-s2.0-80052184682

Part of ISSN: 00278424 10916490
Contributors: Blackman, B.K.; Scascitelli, M.; Kane, N.C.; Luton, H.H.; Rasmussen, D.A.; Bye, R.A.; Lentz, D.L.; Rieseberg, L.H.
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