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Focus
Focus
Focus
Focus
Building a GIS System
of
Ancient LowlandMaya Settlement
Walter R. T. WitscheyDirector, Science Museum of Virginia
Clifford T. BrownSenior Archaeologist, U.S. Navy
Mexico & Central America
Maya Area
Belize
Guatemala Honduras
El Salvador
Q.Roo
Yucatan
Campeche
Chiapas
Tabasco
The Maya Area
Mexico
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Photo by Barbara McKenzie
Rank 1 sites
Rank 1 and 2 sites
Rank 1, 2 and 3 sites
Rank 1, 2, 3 and 4 sites
Palace - Tikal Central AcropolisPhoto by Barbara McKenzie
Calakmul
Tikal
Naranjo
Central Place Lattices
Mainsign
Copan
Quirigua
Tikal
Yaxchilan
PiedrasNegras
Palenque
Structure of
Emblem Glyphs
After Coe 1992
Kohunlich
TzibancheLa Reforma
Chacchoben
MMJ
ChichmuulLagartera
Uomuul
Chetumal
After Harrison 1981
Thiessen polygons
After Mathews
Mexico BelizeGuatemala
Tikal
Calakmul
Rank-Size Dimension, Central Peten Sites(without smallest sites) (Adams 1981)
y = -1.1635x + 5.4478
R2 = 0.97
00.5
11.5
22.5
33.5
44.5
0 1 2 3 4 5
ln(Factor)
ln(R
ank)
Fractal dimension (D) = 1.16
Rank-Size Dimension, Pasion Sites(without smallest sites) (Adams 1981)
y = -0.9493x + 2.8487
R2 = 0.9429
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
ln(Factor)
ln(R
ank)
Fractal dimension (D) = 0.95
y = -1.0778x + 3.8442
R2 = 0.9587
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
ln (No. of Courts)
ln(C
umul
ativ
e N
o. o
f Site
s)
Fractal dimension (D) = 1.08
Excerpt: map of
Mayapan by Morris Jones for the Carnegie Institution of
Washington 1952.
Edited by A. L. Smith and Karl
Ruppert and re-issued in 1957.
(Square Y in the south central part of the site)
A segment of the great wall and part of a small
sacbe are shown.
After Thompson 1978
Rank 1 sites
Rank 1 and 2 sites
Rank 1, 2 and 3 sites
Rank 1, 2, 3 and 4 sites
Merida
Gulf ofMexico
Conchero
Sitio
Initial Series
9.0.19.2.4
SupplementarySeries
Day: 2 Kan
After Coe 1992
Kimball Museum; Birmingham Museum of Art
Photo by Barbara McKenzie Chicanna
Xpuhil
Photo by Barbara McKenzie
Proskouriakoff
Photo by Barbara McKenzie. Governor’s Palace, Uxmal
Photo by Barbara McKenzie
Tikal Temple II
Dynastic Events
Birth Accession
(Upended Frog) (Toothache)
After Coe 1992
Yaxchilan
Tikal
Northwest Peten
MexicoGuatemala
Mirador
Calakmul
Yaxchilan
Tikal
Northwest Peten
MexicoGuatemala
Mirador
Calakmul