Mapping of Ancient Managua, Nicaragua using GIS
Author(s): Justin Lowry; Skelly Skolnick; Adam Benfer
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Reconstructing the Political Organization of Pre-Columbian Nicaragua" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Settlement patterns within Central America can lead to a better understanding of the political and social complexity of the region. Although this method has been extensively used across archaeological regions, Nicaraguan archaeology can benefit from this settlement analysis because of the inclusion of a GIS-based systematic approach. This paper will outline some of the broader context of the Nicaraguan state of Managua surrounding the 5th century site of Chiquilistagua, and relies on an archaeological database of site locations complied from public reports, publications, and surface surveys. By looking at the intra-regional dynamics of site location and political organization, we can make a first attempt at reconstructing of the political and social context of the region of Managua surrounding the site of Chiquilistagua.
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Mapping of Ancient Managua, Nicaragua using GIS. Justin Lowry, Skelly Skolnick, Adam Benfer. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 450863)
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min long: -92.153; min lat: -4.303 ; max long: -50.977; max lat: 18.313 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 25820