Ancient infrastructure in an impetuous era. To which extent was the construction of the Maya causeways organized in the Classic Period in the Yucatan peninsula?

Persistent URL of this record https://hdl.handle.net/1887/18778

In Collections

This item can be found in the following collections:

Archeologie (BA)

Boersma, Marjolein (2011)

Ancient infrastructure in an impetuous era. To which extent was the construction of the Maya causeways organized in the Classic Period in the Yucatan peninsula?

Bachelor thesis | Archeologie (BA)

For a long time we know that the Maya in the Classic Period (300-1000 AD) lived in autonomous settlements but with the same ceremonial, political and economical characteristics. However, when we look at the road system some settlements are connected by, we cannot exclude that there has been collaboration to build thes networks. Local rulers must have worked together with other local rulers to realize these connections. Settlements needed each other because two locations were connected together, two settlements lying in the same area but being politically different. Furthermore, some kind of supervision must have been present to realize and organize such a great project. Anyway, to realize the building of a long causeways, a lot of specialists were needed. Therefore, sometimes specialists must have been brought in from other settlements.

Author: Boersma, Marjolein

Faculty: Faculty of Archaeology

Supervisors: Broekhoven, L.K.N. van

ECTS Credits: 10

Language: en

Leiden University Student Repository

Documents

In Collections

Ancient infrastructure in an impetuous era. To which extent was the construction of the Maya causeways organized in the Classic Period in the Yucatan peninsula?