Maya Post-Columbian; Construction Analysis (Other Keyword)
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Kept Out or Closed In? An Analysis of Civilian Fortification Strategies during the Maya Social War (2018)
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In this paper, I explore the ways in which albarradas, or the dry-laid enclosure walls ubiquitous to Yucatec Maya towns, can be manipulated to become defensive structures under the threat of attack. I discuss the results of a recent study that conducted a construction analysis on a series of wall features in the now unpopulated town of Tela – an auxiliary to and key commercial throughway for the burgeoning frontier hub of Tihosuco (since repopulated) during the 19th century. This town was...