Building an archaeology of Maya urbanism : planning and flexibility in the American tropics /
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| Imprint: | Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2023] |
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| Description: | xvi, 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13152763 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- 1. Building an Archaeology of Lowland Maya Urbanism
- Part I. Community Formation
- 2. The Roots of Urbanization: Early Middle Preclassic Transformations to a Sedentary Lifestyle at Ceibal, Guatemala
- 3. Kaj and Kingdom: Conurbation, Memory, and Landscapes of Mobile Maya Authority
- 4. A City in Flux: The Dynamic Urban Form and Function of El Perú-Waka'
- 5. Urbanizing Paradise: The Implications of Pervasive Images of Flower World across Chichen Itza
- Part II. Household Decisions, Mobility, and Connectivity
- 6. Spatial and Social Contraction in Late-Terminal Classic Río Bec Neighborhoods
- 7. Classic Maya Neighborhoods: Diversity and Inequality in Southern Belize
- 8. Households, Growth, Contraction, and Mobility at the Classic Maya Center of Naachtun
- 9. Walking through the Urban Maze of Mayapán
- Part III. City-Scale Resource Use and Management
- 10. The Living Landscape: Livelihoods and Opportunities in the City and Region of Ancient Tikal
- 11. Urban Planning at Caracol, Belize: Governance, Residential Autonomy, and Heterarchical Management through Time
- 14. Urban Planning through the Prism of Infrastructure at Palenque, Chiapas: An Assessment of City Function and Local Decision-Making during the Late Classic
- 13. Shaping an Agrarian Maya Town: Settlement Pattern and Land-Use Dynamics at Naachtun
- Part IV. Agrarian Urbanism in the American Tropics
- 14. The Death and Life of Agricultural Cities
- Index
- List of Contributors
