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Settlement Patterns in Two Regions of the Southern Maya Lowlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Barbara Voorhies
Barbara Voorhies*
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Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Abstract

The Izabal zone is a physiographic region located near the southeastern frontier of the southern Maya lowlands. Its environment is compared with that of northeast Peten, a second region of the same culture area. Prehistoric settlement patterns of the 2 regions are compared and differences in distribution of settlements, estimated population densities and types of settlements are noted. These differences are related to various environmental and cultural factors.

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American Antiquity , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 115 - 126
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1972

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