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Title: El urbanismo de baja densidad en las Tierras Bajas Mayas: El caso de El Perú-Waka', Petén, Guatemala. (Spanish).
Alternate Title: Low-Density Urbanism in the Maya Lowlands: the Case of El Perú-Waka', Petén, Guatemala. (English)
Authors: MARKEN, DAMIEN B., RICKER, MATTHEW, RIVAS, ALEXANDER, MAXSON, ERIKA
Source: Estudios de Cultura Maya. otono/invierno2019, Vol. 54, p11-42. 32p.
Subjects: POPULATION density, CITIES & towns, MAYAS, TWENTIETH century, URBAN density, WATER management
Geographic Terms: GUATEMALA, PERU
Abstract (English): As a key example of indigenous New World urbanism, Classic Maya cities are subjects of great anthropological importance. Despite their comparative significance, for much of the twentieth century Classic Maya centers (ca. 250-950 C.E.) have been viewed by many scholars as "non-cities," the capitals of complex polities, but lacking the residential density characteristic of fully urban places. Fletcher has proposed that Maya urbanism belongs within a new comparative urban type which he calls "low-density, agrarian-based urbanism." Like all typological categories, "low-density urbanism" is not without its faults, however. This article presents over ten years of settlement and landscape research at the Classic Maya city of El Perú-Waka', Guatemala to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Fletcher's low density urbanism model as applied to the Maya area. Data from Waka' suggest that while Fletcher's overall model is widely applicable to the Maya lowlands, several common assumptions about Maya cities require reexamination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): Como ejemplos clave del urbanismo en el Nuevo Mundo indígena, las ciudades mayas son temas de gran trascendencia antropológica. A pesar de su importancia comparativa, durante gran parte del siglo veinte los centros mayas del Clásico (ca. 250-950 d.C.) han sido vistos como "no-ciudades", capitales de entidades complejas, pero marcadas por la ausencia de una densidad característica de lugares puramente urbanos. Fletcher propuso que el urbanismo maya corresponde a un tipo urbano que denomina "urbanismo agrario de baja-densidad"; aunque, como todas las categorías tipológicas, también tiene debilidades. Este artículo presenta los resultados de más de diez años de investigación de la ciudad maya clásica de El Perú-Waka', en Guatemala, con el fin de evaluar el modelo de Fletcher en el área maya. Los datos procedentes de Waka' sugieren que, a pesar de que en general el modelo de Fletcher es ampliamente aplicable a las Tierras Bajas, es necesario volver a examinar diversos supuestos sobre las ciudades mayas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Como ejemplos clave del urbanismo en el Nuevo Mundo indígena, las ciudades mayas son temas de gran trascendencia antropológica. A pesar de su importancia comparativa, durante gran parte del siglo veinte los centros mayas del Clásico (ca. 250-950 d.C.) han sido vistos como "no-ciudades", capitales de entidades complejas, pero marcadas por la ausencia de una densidad característica de lugares puramente urbanos. Fletcher propuso que el urbanismo maya corresponde a un tipo urbano que denomina "urbanismo agrario de baja-densidad"; aunque, como todas las categorías tipológicas, también tiene debilidades. Este artículo presenta los resultados de más de diez años de investigación de la ciudad maya clásica de El Perú-Waka', en Guatemala, con el fin de evaluar el modelo de Fletcher en el área maya. Los datos procedentes de Waka' sugieren que, a pesar de que en general el modelo de Fletcher es ampliamente aplicable a las Tierras Bajas, es necesario volver a examinar diversos supuestos sobre las ciudades mayas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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