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The Northeast Petén Revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Don S. Rice  and
Prudence M. Rice
Don S. Rice
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
Prudence M. Rice
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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Abstract

The role of environmental versus sociopolitical factors in establishing the characteristics of Maya settlement in Petén, Guatemala, has been debated, but evaluations have been hampered by a lack of diachronic data. Archaeological surveys and excavation conducted within a larger historical ecology project focused on the twin lake basins of Yaxhá and Sacnab, in northeast Petén, have provided a diachronic perspective on the settlement debate. In this area early settlement decisions appear to reflect topographic or environmental concerns, but the evolution of civic-ceremonial authority in the region caused deviations from this pattern.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , July 1980 , pp. 432 - 454
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980 

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