City Size in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
City Size in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
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后经典中美洲晚期的城市规模
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2005
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Michael E. Smith
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Michael E. Smith
本文收集了关于西班牙征服前夕中美洲城市规模的考古和文献证据。在几百个记录在案的后古典时代晚期的城市中心中，有87个有关于整个城市和/或中央行政区域（称为震中）面积的可靠考古数据。城市面积中位数为90公顷，震中中位数为2.0公顷。这些数据在地理区域、政治类型、人口规模和密度以及等级-规模分布方面进行了分析。结果表明，政治和行政因素是城市规模的主要决定因素，地理区域仅具有次要影响。
This article assembles archaeological and documentary evidence on the sizes of cities in Mesoamerica on the eve of Spanish conquest. Out of several hundred documented Late Postclassic urban centers, eighty-seven have reliable archaeological data on the area of the total city and/or the area of the central administrative zone (called the epicenter). The median urban area is 90 hectares (ha), and the median epicenter is 2.0 ha. These data are analyzed in terms of geographical zone, political type, population size and density, and rank-size distributions. The results suggest that political and administrative factors were the primary determinants of city size, with geographical zone having only a minor influence.