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Environmetal heterogeneity and the Evolution of lowland Maya civilization
origins of maya civilization • Albuquerque • Published In 1977 • Pages: 287-297
By: Sanders, William T..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this chapter, Sanders looks at a study of soil types in the Petén region to lend support to Webster's competition model of the rise of Mayan civilization. According to Webster competition over good agricultural land led to inequitable control, which eventually produced a stratified society. Sanders shows how a soil map of the Petén marking the variation in soil types and fertility conforms to the distribution and concentration of Classic Mayan centers. The more fertile soils suppported agricultural intensification and concentration of settlements.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Soil
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Preclassic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2450-1750 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Petén, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- William T. Sanders
- For bibliographical references see document number 1:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76057537
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities