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Dans le cadre du symposium "Reconstructing resource availability, use, and management at Naachtun (Guatemala), a regional center of the Maya Classic period", organisé par Lydie Dussol (UMR 8096), la communication ci-dessous a été présentée par Lydie Dussol et Michelle Elliott :"Charcoal analysis to reconstruct ancient wood economy at Naachtun"Researchers have long considered that the relations between ancient Maya societies and their tropical forested landscape significantly affected social and environmental development throughout the Maya Lowlands. The lingering debate contrasting the hypothesis of a massive deforestation during the Classic period with models of careful environmental management has not been resolved, and places forest resources exploitation at the center of the rise and development of ancient Maya cities. In particular, wood is a substantial resource in subsistence economy, abundant in such environments but still exhaustible, and can therefore constitute a key economic and ecological indicator in the study of ancient societies.In that context, the first objective of our research at Naachtun is to conduct a systematic and diachronic anthracological study of the site, in order to reconstruct the global wood economy and forest management strategies among ancient Maya through the Classic period. The second objective is to investigate specific uses of wood, particularly in ritual and funerary fires.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;