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Peruvian Settlement Pattern Studies and Small Site Methodology
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A critical review of this pioneering work points up a basic problem in the structure of analysis as discussed by the authors, which is generated by the use of a simple site taxonomy that is insensitive to the range of human activities that went on at different settlements.Abstract:
Abstract Settlement pattern research was introduced to Peruvian archaeology by Gordon R. Willey 2 decades ago. A critical review of this pioneering work points up a basic problem in the structure of analysis. The problem is generated by the use of a simple site taxonomy that is insensitive to the range of human activities that went on at different settlements. Examination of the subsequent course of settlement pattern research shows that this fundamental problem has not been recognized or dealt with in a constructive manner. The small site methodology is introduced as one possible means of treating sites in terms of the different activity patterns they housed.read more
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Urban settlements in ancient peru
TL;DR: The story of the urban pattern in Peru in later times is not one of simple expansion through the growth of existing settlements and the establishment of new ones, however, many sites of large urban cen ters were occupied for relatively short periods and then abandoned, Whole districts with a flourishing urban tradition lost it and shifted to other patterns of settlement.