[Aztlan] New Mayapan Settlement Study Website and Dissertation Available

Tue Jun 17 22:29:42 CDT 2008

Sorry,

That was my mistake. She drew it in 1957 but it was actually published in the main Mayapan volume in 62.  I will correct that on the site ASAP.  I had the opportunity to she the original in the archives at the Peabody Museum a couple of years ago. It is a real masterpiece.  All of her work was.

The full reference should read:

Proskouriakoff, Tatiana1962 "Mayapan, Plan of the Main Group of Ruins", In Mayapán, Yucatan, Mexico, by Harry E. D. Pollock, Ralph L. Roys, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, and A. L. Smith, Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication No. 619
 I have an e-mail for Carlos that you should be able to use:
cperaza_yuc at hotmail.com

I hope the easy access works well for everyone.  You can't beat having a library right on your computer.

Thanks for contacting me.

Brad Russell

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:05:22 -0500From: blobjois at gmail.comTo: bradley_russell at hotmail.comSubject: Re: [Aztlan] New Mayapan Settlement Study Website and Dissertation AvailableCC: aztlan at lists.famsi.orgHi Brad...Thank you for sharing all your work freely... I think a lot of webpages and investigators should share their investigations by the same way you did...Would you permit a question about the Mayapan map we can see on your website ? The reference is Proskouriakoff, 1957. But I looked for the entire reference in your references and in my own books, and I didn't find anything at all. Could you give us all the reference, please ? Do you know how to contact Carlos Peraza Lope, director of the Mayapan Project ? I haven't seen him for years I suppose you may know him.Bertrand LOBJOISUdeM - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.
2008/6/12 Bradley Russell <bradley_russell at hotmail.com>:
Dear Listeros,I wanted to let you know that my recently completed dissertation, Postclassic Maya Settlement on the Rural-Urban Fringe of Mayapan Mexico is now available.I launched a new project website yesterday:mayapanperiphery.netPlease check it out.  It details and previews the findings of theis new settlement study.  There are numerous maps and figures there and I will be adding many more over the next couple of weeks and then when I get back from the field in the fall.  I hope it contains useful data for many of you.Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you have.The full dissertation can be downloaded in PDF format from the page's downloads page or by following these direct links:Volume I - http://mayapanperiphery.net/Russell-2008-Vol-1.pdfVolume II - http://mayapanperiphery.net/Russell-2008-Vol-2.pdfBe warned they are rather large files and the download times are kind of long. But it is a lot faster than ordering it through your local library.A PDF of a recent poster sized map detailing key settlement features and overall site organization can also be downloaded from the site.As a preview here's a short abstract describing the work:Postclassic Maya Settlement on the Rural Urban Fringe of Mayapán, Yucatán, Mexico (2008)abstract     This dissertation details the results of a multi-year (2001-2004) study of settlement patterning on the periphery of the Postclassic Maya capital of Mayapán, Yucatán, Mexico (regional map).  Ethnohistoric and archaeological evidence both suggest that the site was the capital of the last powerful Pre-Hispanic regional polity in the area.  The apparently coerced resettlement of local elites and portions of the populations of provinces that came under Mayapán's control to its site center (Proskouriakoff 1957 map) led to a very rapid rise of the site and an equally rapid fissioning and depopulation when internal strife resulted in its demise. In contrast to earlier Classic Period political centers, Mayapán is a very large and dense settlement (site map).  The massive defensive walls surrounding the site are arguably the most formidable anywhere in Mesoamerica.  The obvious differences in settlement patterning seem to reflect significant social changes taking place b! etween the two major periods of Maya pre-history.       Research reported in this volume includes mapping, test pitting and soil sampling of architecture encountered along eight survey transects extending 1 km in various cardinal directions from the city's roughly 9 km city wall.  The study analyzed the form and function of all architecture recorded in this previously unexplored portion of the site.  New data presented here suggest that some 17,000 people were present at the site, rather than the 12,000 person population estimate that has been widely used since 1962.  The estimated site size more than doubled from 4.2 sq km to between 8.8 sq km (map) and 10.1 sq km (map).  The site-wide spatial distribution and function of, residential settlement zones, economic production activities, the road system, administrative architecture and ritual architecture are all explored in detail.  The results presented here and being generated by other ongoing research at the site by both I! NAH and Dr. Marilyn Masson of SUNY – Albany raise important questionsabout the scale of political complexity achieved by the polity centered at the site.  The complexity, size and form of the city suggest that it may be the capital of a previously unappreciated Maya/Itza empire that co-existed with other better known Postclassic empires such as the Aztecs and Tarascans.Hope to hear from you soon,Brad Russell_________________________________________________________________It's easy to add contacts from Facebook and other social sites through Windows Live™ Messenger. Learn how.https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?sourceTXT_EML_WLH_LearnHow_______________________________________________Aztlan mailing listhttp://www.famsi.org/mailman/listinfo/aztlanClick here to post a message Aztlan at lists.famsi.orgClick to view Calendar of Events http://research.famsi.org/events/events.php-- http://mexiqueancien.blogspot.com/Un blog archéologique en français sur la Mésoamérique 
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