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Building an archaeology of Maya urbanism: planning and flexibility in the American tropics

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dc.contributor.authorMarken, Damien B., editor
dc.contributor.authorArnauld, M. Charlotte, editor
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-13T18:35:18Z
dc.date.available2023-07-13T18:35:18Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractBuilding an Archaeology of Maya Urbanism tears down misconceptions of Maya cities, building a new archaeology of Maya urbanism, highlighting the dynamics of an ancient civilization of the Americas. Exploring agents and processes that modified Maya urban landscapes, this volume highlights the flexibility of urbanization in the Maya lowlands.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsBuilding an archaeology of lowland Maya urbanism / Damien B. Marken and M. Charlotte Arnauld -- The roots of urbanization: Early-Middle Preclassic transformations to a sedentary lifestyle at Ceibal, Guatemala / Daniela Triadan and Takeshi Inomata -- Living in a contested landscape: adapting settlement decisions in the Buenavista Valley, Petén, Guatemala / Thomas Garrison -- A city in flux: the dynamic urban form and function of El Perú-Waka' / Keith Eppich, Damien B. Marken and Elsa Damaris Menéndez -- Urbanizing paradise: the implications of pervasive images of flower world across Chichen Itza / Travis Stanton, Karl A. Taube, José Francisco Osorio León, Francisco Pérez Ruíz, and María Rocio González de la Mata -- Spatial and social contraction in Late-Terminal Classic Río Bec neighborhoods / M. Charlotte Arnauld and Sarah Dzul -- Households, neighborhoods, and inequality at two Classic Period Maya cities in Southern Belize / Amy E. Thompson and Keith M. Prufer -- Households, growth, contraction, and mobility at the Classic Maya Center of Naachtun / Julien Hiquet, Julien Sion and Divina Perla Barrera -- Walking through the urban maze of Mayapán / Timothy Hare and Marilyn Masson -- The living landscape: livelihoods and opportunities in the city and region of Ancient Tikal / Timothy Murtha -- Urban planning at Caracol: governance, residential autonomy, and heterarchical management through time / Adrian S. Z. Chase -- Urban planning through the prism of infrastructure at Palenque, Chiapas: an assessment of urban function and local decision-making during the Late Classic / r Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo and Arianna Campiani -- Settlement pattern and land use dynamics at Naachtun: shaping an agrarian Maya town / Phillipe Nondédéo, Eva Lemonnier, Julien Hiquet, Louise Purdue, Cyril Castanet, Lydie Dussol, and Marc Testé -- The death and life of agricultural cities / John Walker.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/236755
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectUrban Mayas
dc.subjectMayas -- Antiquities
dc.subjectUrbanization -- Central America
dc.titleBuilding an archaeology of Maya urbanism: planning and flexibility in the American tropics
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