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Defensible and fortified sitesessay 1989 • Elam, J. Michael
Highland Mesoamerican Late Preclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > General Middle America and the Caribbean
Elam first defines what he considers to be a fortified site - he includes sites with potentially defensible features as well as sites such as the Mitla Fortress - and then describes each site. Elam finds 'one of their main functions seems to have bee...