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dc.contributor.advisorCulbert, Patricken_US
dc.contributor.authorPyburn, Karen Anne.
dc.creatorPyburn, Karen Anne.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-31T17:13:49Z
dc.date.available2011-10-31T17:13:49Z
dc.date.issued1988en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/184624
dc.description.abstractThe study of prehistoric Maya settlements has been hampered by simplistic views of cultural ecology, over generalized ethnographic analogy, and a lack of attention to both natural and cultural site formation processes. As a result, Mayanists have tended to expect very little variety in archaeological features and have assumed cultural uniformity over wide ranges of time and space. Traditional research designs support these assumptions. Current knowledge of Maya social organization suggests that more structural variety may occur in Maya archaeological sites than is ordinarily discovered. Some of this variation is evidenced by features not currently visible on the ground-surface. The Nohmul Settlement pattern project employed a "purposive" sampling design to search for settlement variation over time and space. Several assumptions about surface-subsurface relationships were tested. Surface indications were not found to outline subsurface variety. Excavating at intervals from site center in both visible and "invisible" features, showed that the Nohmul community was affected by both centralizing and decentralizing influences and grouped into residential clusters resembling neighborhoods. The degree of centralization and the location of the clusters, as well as some of their characteristics, changed notably over Nohmul's 2500 year occupation.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectNohmul Site (Belize)en_US
dc.subjectMayas -- Antiquities.en_US
dc.subjectBelize -- Antiquities.en_US
dc.subjectLand settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- Belize.en_US
dc.subjectExcavations (Archaeology) -- Belize.en_US
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dc.titleThe settlement of Nohmul: Development of a prehispanic Maya community in northern Belize.en_US
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dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
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dc.identifier.oclc701899620en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberKramer, Carolen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberYoffee, Normanen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberHammond, Normanen_US
dc.identifier.proquest8907968en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-11T23:52:42Z
html.description.abstractThe study of prehistoric Maya settlements has been hampered by simplistic views of cultural ecology, over generalized ethnographic analogy, and a lack of attention to both natural and cultural site formation processes. As a result, Mayanists have tended to expect very little variety in archaeological features and have assumed cultural uniformity over wide ranges of time and space. Traditional research designs support these assumptions. Current knowledge of Maya social organization suggests that more structural variety may occur in Maya archaeological sites than is ordinarily discovered. Some of this variation is evidenced by features not currently visible on the ground-surface. The Nohmul Settlement pattern project employed a "purposive" sampling design to search for settlement variation over time and space. Several assumptions about surface-subsurface relationships were tested. Surface indications were not found to outline subsurface variety. Excavating at intervals from site center in both visible and "invisible" features, showed that the Nohmul community was affected by both centralizing and decentralizing influences and grouped into residential clusters resembling neighborhoods. The degree of centralization and the location of the clusters, as well as some of their characteristics, changed notably over Nohmul's 2500 year occupation.


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