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LIVING IN THE CITY: SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND THE URBAN EXPERIENCE AT CLASSIC PERIOD CHUNCHUCMIL, YUCATAN, MEXICO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2012

Aline Magnoni ,
Scott R. Hutson  and
Bruce H. Dahlin
Aline Magnoni*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, 101 Dinwiddie Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118
Scott R. Hutson
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lafferty Hall, Lexington, KY 40506
Bruce H. Dahlin
Affiliation:
Ancient Maya Environmental Studies Center, 443 Turner Rd., Sheperdstown, WV 25443
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E-mail correspondence to: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this paper we illustrate the distinctive settlement patterns of the city of Chunchucmil during its largest occupation in the middle of the Classic period (a.d. 400–650). The unusually dense urban settlement showcased a network of boundary walls and chichbes surrounding residential groups and narrow streets winding between the tightly bounded houselots. Using a sample of 392 completely and unambiguously bounded houselots, we review the basic characteristics, the structural composition, and variability of late Early Classic and early Late Classic residential groups. Then, we explore how these city dwellers may have experienced their urban environment. Our focus is on understanding how the material aspects of the socially constructed space affected people's practices and how this materiality helped create and define specific household identities as well as extra-household social bonds.

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Special Section: Contemporary Archaeology in Yucatan
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , Fall 2012 , pp. 313 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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