Review article

https://doi.org/10.31522/p.26.2(56).6

Mayan Cities of Yucatan; Settlement Patterns and Structure Types

Nenad Lipovac orcid.org/0000-0002-8218-5461 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia
Nikolina Gradečki ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The research results on prehistoric Mesoamerican settlements in Mexico are presented through the planners’, rather than the archeological, point of view. Numerous settlement types and sizes were analyzed by comparing the archeological data and the personal experience gained during the research in situ. Even though the cities were unplanned, derived results proved the astonishingly high level in the construction of structures and buildings in relation to astronomical phenomena.

Keywords

Mayan cities; Mayan structures; Mayas and astronomy; Mayas of Yucatan; Mesoamerican settlements

Hrčak ID:

213762

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/213762

Publication date:

30.12.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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