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DOCUMENT Full-Text American Cultural Resources Association.

ACRA Newsletters (Includes ACRA News and ACRA Edition) In 1995, with the formation of ACRA, the organizational publication called ACRA News began. Initially, the costs for publication was largely borne by ACRA but, in part, subsidized by Gray & Pape, Inc. In the first edition of the newsletter in October 1995 the following was stated: This publication’s purpose is to provide members with the latest information on the association’s activities and to provide up to date information on federal and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text American Cultural Resources Association.

ACRA Newsletters (Includes ACRA News and ACRA Edition) In 1995, with the formation of ACRA, the organizational publication called ACRA News began. Initially, the costs for publication was largely borne by ACRA but, in part, subsidized by Gray & Pape, Inc. In the first edition of the newsletter in October 1995 the following was stated: This publication’s purpose is to provide members with the latest information on the association’s activities and to provide up to date information on federal and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Willoughby Marshall.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Antonieta Rivera.

There exists a vast literature examining every aspect of Aztec culture. Despite this, few studies focus specifically on Aztec architecture and its implications for understanding broader aspects of Aztec cosmology. This paper contributes to our knowledge of Aztec society through an exploration of architectural and urban design principles that guided the building of their cities and ceremonial precincts. By examining ethnohistoric and archaeological sources, and drawing on evidence from several...

DOCUMENT Citation Only John Q. Magie. Carl H. Jones.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Bethany Simpson. Emily Cole.

The Fayum region of Egypt was transformed by extensive agricultural development in the second century BCE; irrigation projects increased arable land, and many new towns and villages were founded in order to accommodate a growing population. These settlements were originally designed according to the Greek tradition of orthogonal grid planning, creating orderly "blocks" of buildings between intersecting streets. However, over time, layers of both civic and private domestic construction began to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas S. Laging. Robert L. Schluntz.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Timothy Pugh.

Gridded settlements are rare in the Americas and previously unknown in the Maya world until the Spanish conquest. Recent work has documented a modular orthogonal grid at Nixtun-Ch’ich’, Petén, Guatemala. The grid appears to have been imposed upon much of the site around 400-200 BCE. In other parts of the world, planned orthogonal grids are frequently associated with powerful central authority. If this were the case at Nixtun-Ch’ich’ then then this act of power is correlated with the emergence of...