Settlement Scaling and Increasing Returns in an Ancient Society

Part of the Social Reactors Project datasets project

Author(s): Scott Ortman

Year: 2015

Summary

Main text and SI of published paper in PDF format. The SI includes a series of datasets derived from the Basin of Mexico surveys that are analyzed in the main text.

Cite this Record

Settlement Scaling and Increasing Returns in an Ancient Society. Scott Ortman. Science Advances. 2015 ( tDAR id: 398975) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8C82BMC

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URL: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/1/e1400066


Keywords

Culture
Aztec • Central Mexico • HIDATSA-MANDAN • inka • Maya • Medieval • Moche • Oaxaca • Pueblo • Roman Empire • Veracruz • Wanka • West Mexico

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic

Site Name
Cuicuilco • Double Ditch Village • Goodman Point Ruins • Hatunmarca • Ixtapalapa • Mayapan • Mitla • Otumba • Sand Canyon Pueblo • Slant Village • Tenochtitlan • Teotihuacan • Texcoco • Tunanmarca • Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Site Type
Church / Religious Structure • Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Governmental Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Palace • Plaza • Pyramid • Settlements • Temple

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Systematic Survey

General
Settlement Pattern Survey

Geographic Keywords
Andean Cordillera • Mediterranean • Mesoamerica • Native North America • Western Europe

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -1200 to 1700 (Archaeological Sequences)

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Scott Ortman

File Information

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ScienceAdvances_Ortman_1400066_complete.pdf 1.01mb Feb 20, 2015 Jul 16, 2015 1:42:01 PM Public
Research article