Focus. Building a GIS System of Ancient Lowland Maya Settlement Walter R. T. Witschey Director, Science Museum of Virginia Clifford T. Brown Senior Archaeologist,

Focus

Focus

Focus

Focus

Building a GIS System

of

Ancient LowlandMaya Settlement

Walter R. T. WitscheyDirector, Science Museum of Virginia

Clifford T. BrownSenior Archaeologist, U.S. Navy

Mexico & Central America

Maya Area

Belize

Guatemala Honduras

El Salvador

Q.Roo

Yucatan

Campeche

Chiapas

Tabasco

The Maya Area

Mexico

Canadian Museum of Civilization

Photo by Barbara McKenzie

Rank 1 sites

Rank 1 and 2 sites

Rank 1, 2 and 3 sites

Rank 1, 2, 3 and 4 sites

Palace - Tikal Central AcropolisPhoto by Barbara McKenzie

Calakmul

Tikal

Naranjo

Central Place Lattices

Mainsign

Copan

Quirigua

Tikal

Yaxchilan

PiedrasNegras

Palenque

Structure of

Emblem Glyphs

After Coe 1992

Kohunlich

TzibancheLa Reforma

Chacchoben

MMJ

ChichmuulLagartera

Uomuul

Chetumal

After Harrison 1981

Thiessen polygons

After Mathews

Mexico BelizeGuatemala

Tikal

Calakmul

Rank-Size Dimension, Central Peten Sites(without smallest sites) (Adams 1981)

y = -1.1635x + 5.4478

R2 = 0.97

00.5

11.5

22.5

33.5

44.5

0 1 2 3 4 5

ln(Factor)

ln(R

ank)

Fractal dimension (D) = 1.16

Rank-Size Dimension, Pasion Sites(without smallest sites) (Adams 1981)

y = -0.9493x + 2.8487

R2 = 0.9429

-0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

ln(Factor)

ln(R

ank)

Fractal dimension (D) = 0.95

y = -1.0778x + 3.8442

R2 = 0.9587

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

ln (No. of Courts)

ln(C

umul

ativ

e N

o. o

f Site

s)

Fractal dimension (D) = 1.08

Excerpt: map of

Mayapan by Morris Jones for the Carnegie Institution of

Washington 1952.

Edited by A. L. Smith and Karl

Ruppert and re-issued in 1957.

(Square Y in the south central part of the site)

A segment of the great wall and part of a small

sacbe are shown.

After Thompson 1978

Rank 1 sites

Rank 1 and 2 sites

Rank 1, 2 and 3 sites

Rank 1, 2, 3 and 4 sites

Merida

Gulf ofMexico

Conchero

Sitio

Initial Series

9.0.19.2.4

SupplementarySeries

Day: 2 Kan

After Coe 1992

Kimball Museum; Birmingham Museum of Art

Photo by Barbara McKenzie Chicanna

Xpuhil

Photo by Barbara McKenzie

Proskouriakoff

Photo by Barbara McKenzie. Governor’s Palace, Uxmal

Photo by Barbara McKenzie

Tikal Temple II

Dynastic Events

Birth Accession

(Upended Frog) (Toothache)

After Coe 1992

Yaxchilan

Tikal

Northwest Peten

MexicoGuatemala

Mirador

Calakmul

Yaxchilan

Tikal

Northwest Peten

MexicoGuatemala

Mirador

Calakmul