Spatial Structure and Ancient Neighbourhoods: A Re-evaluation of Methods and Interpretations at Teotihuacan, Mexico

Summary

In a 2012 article exploring the spatial structure of post-Tlamimilolpa phase Teotihuacan, Mexico, we invoked both a materialist body of method-theory known as space syntax and an interactional theory of community development. Through this framework, we discussed community structure and systems of authority expressed by the architectural masses and spaces of the city. In this paper, the authors revisit this approach, with fresh eyes and in the context of our growing knowledge of ancient urbanism. How might we modify our interpretations in the face of additional data, complementary/contradictory interpretation, and critiques of the methods employed? Does this approach still hold intellectual merit?

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• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20258