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Focus. Focus. Focus. Focus. Building a GIS System of Ancient Lowland Maya Settlement. Walter R. T. Witschey Director, Science Museum of Virginia Clifford T. Brown Senior Archaeologist, U.S. Navy. Mexico & Central America. Maya Area. The Maya Area. Yucatan. Q.Roo. Mexico. Campeche.

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  1. Focus Focus Focus Focus

  2. Building a GIS Systemof Ancient LowlandMaya Settlement Walter R. T. Witschey Director, Science Museum of Virginia Clifford T. Brown Senior Archaeologist, U.S. Navy

  3. Mexico & Central America Maya Area

  4. The Maya Area Yucatan Q.Roo Mexico Campeche Tabasco Belize Chiapas Guatemala Honduras El Salvador

  5. Canadian Museum of Civilization

  6. Photo by Barbara McKenzie

  7. Rank 1 sites

  8. Rank 1 and 2 sites

  9. Rank 1, 2 and 3 sites

  10. Rank 1, 2, 3 and 4 sites

  11. Palace - Tikal Central Acropolis Photo by Barbara McKenzie

  12. Central Place Lattices Calakmul Tikal Naranjo

  13. Main sign Piedras Negras Structure of Emblem Glyphs Tikal Quirigua Palenque Yaxchilan Copan After Coe 1992

  14. Uomuul Chichmuul Lagartera MMJ Chacchoben La Reforma Tzibanche Chetumal Kohunlich After Harrison 1981

  15. Thiessen polygons Calakmul Mexico Belize Guatemala Tikal After Mathews

  16. Fractal dimension (D) = 1.16

  17. Fractal dimension (D) = 0.95

  18. Fractal dimension (D) = 1.08

  19. Excerpt: map ofMayapan by Morris Jones for the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1952. Edited by A. L. Smith and Karl Ruppert and re-issued in 1957. (Square Y in the south central part of the site) A segment of the great wall and part of a small sacbe are shown.

  20. After Thompson 1978

  21. Rank 1 sites

  22. Rank 1 and 2 sites

  23. Rank 1, 2 and 3 sites

  24. Rank 1, 2, 3 and 4 sites

  25. Conchero Sitio Gulf of Mexico Merida

  26. Initial Series 9.0.19.2.4 Day: 2 Kan Supplementary Series After Coe 1992

  27. Kimball Museum; Birmingham Museum of Art

  28. Chicanna Photo by Barbara McKenzie

  29. Xpuhil Proskouriakoff Photo by Barbara McKenzie

  30. Governor’s Palace, Uxmal Photo by Barbara McKenzie.

  31. Tikal Temple II Photo by Barbara McKenzie

  32. Dynastic Events Birth Accession (Upended Frog) (Toothache) After Coe 1992

  33. Calakmul Mirador Northwest Peten Mexico Guatemala Tikal Yaxchilan

  34. Calakmul Mirador Northwest Peten Mexico Guatemala Tikal Yaxchilan

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