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An Examination of Settlement Patterns at Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico, and Tikal, Guatemala: A Reply to Arnold and Ford
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1982
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Mexican HistoryHistorical GeographyHuman MigrationLatin American ArchaeologySettlement Pattern AnalysisLatin American StudyPolitical GeographyLandscape ArchaeologyDistorted Homogenized ViewAmerican ArchaeologyQuintana RooArchaeologyUrban PlanningAnthropologyLanguage StudiesSettlement PatternsInvalid Measuring TechniqueSocial Sciences
Data from Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico indicate strongly that Arnold and Ford"s (1980) settlement pattern analysis of Tikal, Guatemala is the result of an insufficient sample combined with their inability to distinguish between vaulted and unvaulted masonry structures. These deficiencies, together with a standard labor investment calculation for shrines and the use of an invalid measuring technique, have produced a distorted homogenized view of Classic Maya urban organization.