The Economic Foundations of Mayapán Project: Figures and Tables

Figures

Figure 1. Mayapan map showing location of three structures fully excavated in horizontal exposures at Mayapán.
Figure 2. Structure X-43, plan map.
Figure 3. Location of Str. X-43 in Milpa 7, showing other houses in the same neighborhood and proximity to the city wall (boundary at right of map).
Figure 4. Structure L-28, plan map and photo overview.
Figure 5. Child burial at L-28.
Figure 6. Location of Str. Y-45a in Milpa 6, plan maps of structure.
Figure 7. Overview photos of Y-45a, upper level, during excavation and after consolidation.
Figure 8. Vessels (restored) recovered from floors and fill of Rooms 1 and 2 of Structure Y-45a.
Figure 9. Katun 8 Ahau vessel from Room 1, Str. Y-45a.
Figure 10. Projectile points from Structure Y-45a.
Figure 11. Locations of milpas surveyed and surface collections.
Figure 12. Lithic flakes from one surface collection in Milpa 5, this dense concentration identifies a specialization in lithic production in one houselot of this milpa.
Figure 13. Location of test pits in selected milpas associated with the walled settlement of Mayapán.
Figure 14. Location of test units in transects outside of Mayapán’s city wall.
Figure 15. Burned and butchered human bone fragments from the Itzmal Ch’en group platform.
Figure 16. Eight transects (1kmX250m) surveyed outside of the city wall.
Figure 17.East side Transects 1, 3, and 8 outside of city wall.
Figure 18. North side Transects 5 and 6.
Figure 19. West side Transects 2 and 7.
Figure 20. South side Transect 4.
Figure 21. Structure types defined in transects outside of the city wall.
Figure 22. Colonnaded hall found outside of city wall, near Gate G at the far northeast city corner.
Figure 23. Location of earlier settlement clusters in Mayapan transects to the north and south of the city walls.
Figure 24. East side Transects 1 and 3 showing change from residential to agricultural features with increased distance from city wall.
Figure 25. Bullard’s published map showing lanes extending from Itzmal Ch’en toward interior of city.
Figure 26. Master map showing additional double albarrada lanes identified in our survey; these are defined by adjacent houselot walls.
Figure 27. Location of more double albarrada lanes that are not formed by adjacent houselot walls.
Figure 28. Examples of lanes defined by totally by adjacent houselot walls or, alternatively, only partially defined by houselot walls.
Figure 29. Example of closely spaced solares near the city’s center.
Figure 30. Example of solares that closely encompass domestic space with intermittent vacant field space – this pattern is more common in areas more distant from the site center.
Figure 31. Ring albarradas tightly enclose houselot space more commonly in areas outside of the city wall (or near to it).
Figure 32. Box plot of solare area in neighborhoods at varying distances from site center. Solare size near the site center tends to be smaller due to dense occupation of this area. Beyond this pattern, there is little difference in solare size in neighborhoods within the wall with respect to distance from the site center. Solare sizes outside of the city wall are also notably smaller, perhaps due to ring albarradas that might have served a defensive function.
Figure 33. Examples of pens that exist along albarrada houselot walls.
Figure 34. Locations of pen enclosures throughout the city.
Figure 35. Examples of enclosed field spaces within the city.
Figure 36. Locations of enclosed field spaces at Mayapan.
Figure 37. Open spaces not defined by field walls, like this area between the Itzmal Ch’en group and Gate H, also are observed in the city.
Figure 38. Example of L-patio groups oriented SE and NE at Mayapan. These are typical Mayapan style commoner houses with one or two rooms and a row of internal benches.
Figure 39. Example of square houses in Milpa 12. These structures are presumed to be residences, and further testing will explore this premise; they are atypical for Mayapan.
Figure 40. Examples of elite houses in Milpa 1, these are near the monumental zone and are the most elaborate elite houses located in our survey. A more moderate elite house from Milpa 2 is shown for comparison.
Figure 41. Milpa 29 has conjoined residential houselot and field space; this specific kind of pairing is unique to this milpa among the areas surveyed. Milpa 34 has many external benches, and Milpa 18 has a high frequency of sascaberas – these are additional idiosyncratic features in residential neighborhoods.
Figure 42. Some of the effigy incense burners analyzed from the monumental center and the structures where they were recovered.
Figure 43. Some examples of Mayapan formal tools.
Figure 44. Some examples of shell and bone ornaments.
Figure 45. Some examples of copper bells from Mayapan.
Figure 46. Radiocarbon results (calibrated multiplot from Oxcal) from monumental center samples.
Figure 47. Radiocarbon results (calibrated multiplot from Oxcal) from settlement zone samples.
Figure 48. Example of soil testing done at Y-45a by Richard Terry.
Figure 49. Example of soil testing done at P-114 by Richard Terry.
Figure 50. Mayapan crew shots a, b, c, d.

Table 1. List of surface collections made in 36 milpas of our survey.
Table 2a, b, c, d. List of stratigraphic test pits within the milpas of Mayapan (A) Milpa test units and B) random samples within Mayapan, C) transect test units and D) test units in distant milpas outside city wall).
Table 3. List of structure types located in transects outside of the city wall.

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