Marco Gonzalez is one of a number of Maya sites on Belize’s coast and cayes (coral islands) that exhibit anomalous vegetation and dark-coloured soils. Like Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs), the soils are sought locally for cultivation and are underlain by anthropogenic deposits. Our research is aimed at assessing the role of the anthro- pogenic deposits in soil formation processes with a view to developing strategies to quantify the long-term environmental impact of human activities today.

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过去和未来的地球：伯利兹龙涎香岩的考古和土壤研究

马可·冈萨雷斯（Marco Gonzalez）是伯利兹（Belize）海岸和珊瑚礁（Cayes）上许多玛雅遗址之一，这些植被表现出异常的植被和深色的土壤。像亚马逊黑土（ADEs）一样，在当地寻找土壤进行耕种，并在人为沉积物的衬托下进行耕种。我们的研究旨在评估人为沉积物在土壤形成过程中的作用，以期开发出策略来量化当今人类活动对环境的长期影响。