The urban questions : interdisciplinary and multiscalar approaches to investigating the ancient Mesoamerican city / edited by Lisa M. Johnson and Arianna Campiani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Lisa M. (Lisa Marie), editor.

Campiani, Arianna, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Societies, etc.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Central America--Societies, etc.

Indians of Central America.

Urban archaeology--Mexico.

Urban archaeology.

Urban archaeology--Central America.

City and town life--Mexico--History--To 1500.

City and town life.

City and town life--Central America--History--To 1500.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Central America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2025].

Contents:

Introduction: Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Approaches to Mesoamerican Urbanism / Arianna Campiani and Lisa M. Johnsonn

City Life: Cerro Palenque as an Urban Place / Rosemary A. Joyce

Shaping Urban Identities in the Maya City of Palenque / Lisa M. Johnson, Éloi Bérubé, Felipe Trabanino and Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo

Production in Urban Spaces: Lithic Production and Economic Organization at La Corona, Guatemala / Rachel A. Horowitz, Marcello A. Canuto, Tomás Barrientos and Jocelyne M. Ponce

Examining Flaked Stone from Caracol, Belize, at the Urban Scale / Lucas R. M. Johnson and Adrian S. Z. Chase

Craft Specialization and Multicrafting as Domestic Economic Strategy at Late-Classic Cotzumalhuapa / David Rafael McCormick Alcorta, Gilberto Cruz Gámez, Erika Gómez, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos and Felipe Trabanino

Collective Action, Households, Neighborhoods, and Urban Landscapes: A Multiscalar Perspective on Late Postclassic Urbanism at Tlaxcallan / Marc D. Marino, Lane F. Fargher, Angelica N. Costa and Wesley D. Stoner

Function of Urban Design Inferred from Circulation Patterns: The Accessibility of Ballcourts in Classic Period South-Central Veracruz / Aarón David Piña Martínez and Annick Daneels

Urbanizing Forces at the Classic Maya City of Palenque: Urban Form, Neighborhoods, and Infrastructure / Arianna Campiani

Living in the City of Naachtun, Guatemala: The Role of Neighborhoods in Urbanization Processes / Eva Lemonnier, Julien Hiquet and Julien Sion

Urbanization and Clustering in the Maya Area and Beyond / Scott R. Hutson

Ecological Urbanism and the Lowland Maya Landscape / Timothy Murtha and Whittaker Schroder.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 10, 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: The Urban Questions

ISBN:

9781647692292

1647692296

Publisher Number:

90103680119

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.