Sustainability and duration of early central places in prehispanic Mesoamerica

Autor: Gary M. Feinman, David M. Carballo, Linda M. Nicholas, Stephen A. Kowalewski
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-701X
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1076740
Popis: During the last millennium BCE, central places were founded across many regions of western (non-Maya) Mesoamerica. These early central places differed in environmental location, size, layout, and the nature of their public spaces and monumental architecture. We compare a subset of these regional centers and find marked differences in their sustainability--defined as the duration of time that they remained central places in their respective regions. Early infrastructural investments, high degrees of economic interdependence and collaboration between domestic units, and collective forms of governance are found to be key factors in such sustainability.
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