Chapter 10 – Conclusions


Chapter 10 – Conclusions………………………………………………………….….735
Comparing General Settlement Patterning Inside and Outside
of the City Wall…………………………………………………………............736
Site Size and Demographics……………………………………………….…...738
Mayapán and Models of Urbanism……………………………………….…….746
Understanding The Complex Functions of Mayapán’s Various
Wall Systems……………………………………………………………...........748
Regional Approaches to Warfare In Mesoamerica………………………….…813
Economic Production on Mayapán’s Periphery…………………………..........817
Historical and Environmental Determinants of Mayapán’s Urban
Form……………………………………………………………………...……..818
Effects of the Economic System and Status on Settlement Layout……..….…..821
Mayapán’s Political Organization and Urban Form……………………………823
Ritual and Urban Form at Mayapán…………………………………………….837
Assessing Urban Planning and Meaning of the Site Layout and
Architecture……………………………………………………………………..847
Assessing the Degree of Planning, Urban Form and Meaning of
Mayapán…………………………………………………………………...........855
Summary………………………………………………………………………..859

Dissertation and all web site contents copyright 2008 Bradley W. Russell