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

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Focus

Building a GIS System of Ancient Lowland Maya Settlement Walter R. T. Witschey Director, Science Museum of Virginia Clifford T. Brown Senior 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 Acropolis Photo by Barbara McKenzie

Calakmul Tikal Naranjo Central Place Lattices

Main sign Copan Quirigua Tikal Yaxchilan Piedras Negras Palenque Structure of Emblem Glyphs After Coe 1992

Kohunlich Tzibanche La Reforma Chacchoben MMJ Chichmuul Lagartera Uomuul Chetumal After Harrison 1981

Thiessen polygons After Mathews Mexico Belize Guatemala Tikal Calakmul

Fractal dimension (D) = 1.16

Fractal dimension (D) = 0.95

Fractal dimension (D) = 1.08

Excerpt: map of Mayapan by Morris Jones for the Carnegie Institution of Washington Edited by A. L. Smith and Karl Ruppert and re-issued in (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 of Mexico Conchero Sitio

Initial Series Supplementary Series 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 BirthAccession (Upended Frog)(Toothache) After Coe 1992

Yaxchilan Tikal Northwest Peten Mexico Guatemala Mirador Calakmul

Yaxchilan Tikal Northwest Peten Mexico Guatemala Mirador Calakmul