Fig. 1: Maps of Central America and Lake Petén Itzá. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 1: Maps of Central America and Lake Petén Itzá.

From: Preclassic environmental degradation of Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala, by the early Maya of Nixtun-Ch’ich’

Fig. 1

A Map of the Yucatán Peninsula region in Central America, with the location of the central Petén lakes region indicated by the small, red rectangle in northern Guatemala. B Map of Lake Petén Itzá, showing the location of the Candelaria Peninsula at the western end of the lake, which hosts the archeological site of Nixtun-Ch’ich’. C Map of Nixtun-Ch’ich’, showing the city’s unique gridded layout and the site where the lake sediment core was collected (modified from Rice and Pugh23).

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