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An Examination of Settlement Patterns at Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico, and Tikal, Guatemala: A Reply to Arnold and Ford

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William J. Folan ,
Ellen R. Kintz ,
Laraine A. Fletcher  and
Burma H. Hyde
William J. Folan
Affiliation:
Division of Social Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78285
Ellen R. Kintz
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, State University College of Arts and Science, Geneseo, NY 14454
Laraine A. Fletcher
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530
Burma H. Hyde
Affiliation:
Division of Social Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78285
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Abstract

Data from Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico indicate strongly that Arnold and Ford"s (1980) settlement pattern analysis of Tikal, Guatemala is the result of an insufficient sample combined with their inability to distinguish between vaulted and unvaulted masonry structures. These deficiencies, together with a standard labor investment calculation for shrines and the use of an invalid measuring technique, have produced a distorted homogenized view of Classic Maya urban organization.

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American Antiquity , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 430 - 436
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1982

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