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Lords of the Hills

Classic Maya settlement patterns and political iconography in the Puuc region, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Nicholas P. Dunning  and
Jeff Karl Kowalski
Nicholas P. Dunning
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0131, USA
Jeff Karl Kowalski
Affiliation:
School of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA
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Abstract

A regional investigation of the ancient Maya settlement patterns of the Puuc suggests that this region was occupied by increasing numbers of people seeking to maximize control over prime agricultural soils during the Late Classic period. During the Late Classic the eastern Puuc region was controlled by numerous autonomous major centers that carried on the Classic Maya tradition of divine kingship. During the late ninth century a.d., the city of Uxmal briefly emerged as the politically dominant center of the region and was involved in an important relationship with the city of Chichen Itza. By a.d. 950, however, Uxmal and the other major centers of the Puuc had ceased all important elite activities.

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Special Section: Classic Maya Landscape Archaelogy
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , Spring 1994 , pp. 63 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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