2007
DOI: 10.2307/25063104
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Defensibility and Settlement Patterns in the Guatemalan Maya Highlands

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“…Kowalewski et al (2006) describe the breakdown of longstanding settlement systems and their replacement by hillforts in Oaxaca in the Late Formative. In the Maya highlands Borgstede and Mathieu (2007) found just as many defensible sites in the Classic period as there were in the Postclassic. Old World hillfort surveys include those by Gilman et al (1997) in Spain, Badalyan et al (2003) in the Caucasus, and Barbanes (2000) in Yemen.…”
Section: Warmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Kowalewski et al (2006) describe the breakdown of longstanding settlement systems and their replacement by hillforts in Oaxaca in the Late Formative. In the Maya highlands Borgstede and Mathieu (2007) found just as many defensible sites in the Classic period as there were in the Postclassic. Old World hillfort surveys include those by Gilman et al (1997) in Spain, Badalyan et al (2003) in the Caucasus, and Barbanes (2000) in Yemen.…”
Section: Warmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…While these sites can be considered as defensively positioned, many lack evidence of other obvious defensive features. In many cases, large walls are found at outer living terraces along site margins, but they may be simply built this way to accommodate for the steep topography (see Borgstede and Mathieu 2007).…”
Section: Settlement and Conflict In The Andahuaylas Regionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Considerando el contexto de beligerancia propio del Período de Desarrollos Regionales, los aspectos espaciales relacionados con la defensibilidad de los sitios -definida como el grado en que un sitio es capaz de protegerse o resistir un ataque (Borgstede y Mathieu, 2007)-adquieren gran relevancia. Por lo tanto, la interpretación de los indicadores espaciales relacionados directamente con la defensibilidad de los sitios merece un tratamiento particular.…”
Section: N Dica Dores Espaci a Les Y Defensi Vosunclassified
“…Desde estas visiones más modernas se acepta que la presencia de varios de los rasgos factibles de interpretar como indicadores de guerra, violencia y conflictos, sobre todo identificables contextualmente en el nivel regional, debe ser considerada como una señal clara de belicosidad (Arkush y stanish, 2005;Borgstede y Mathieu, 2007;Elliot, 2005;LeBlanc, 1999). Por lo tanto, es en función de la situación general de la ubicación y emplazamiento de un sitio, y en su relación con el entorno y con otros sitios, que su rol puede (o no) relacionarse con un sistema defensivo mayor en una situación de guerra.…”
Section: N Dica Dores Espaci a Les Y Defensi Vosunclassified
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