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The Khmer Settlement Pattern: A Possible Analogy with that of the Maya*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael D. Coe
Michael D. Coe*
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Harvard University Cambridge, Mass.
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There has recently been increased attention paid to the nature of the settlement pattern of Classic Maya civilization. It now seems likely that Classic Maya “cities“ were not secular, urban communities in which large numbers of people were grouped together in close proximity. On the other hand, if these were merely ceremonial centers in which the populace gathered for certain rituals, then the political and religious organization of these centers, and the actual socio-political structure of the entire Maya area, are as yet undetermined.

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American Antiquity , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , April 1957 , pp. 409 - 410
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1957

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*

Gordon R. Willey and Sophie D. Coe gave me the benefit of their advice in this paper.

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