Carrying Capacity and Dynamic Equilibrium in the Prehistoric Southwest

1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezra B. W. Zubrow
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Dynamic Equilibrium ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Spatial Aggregation ◽  
Equilibrium System ◽  
Prehistoric Southwest ◽  
Population Aggregation

AbstractA model of carrying capacity as a dynamic equilibrium system is generated and made operational in order to test a series of hypotheses relating population and settlement patterns. The development of populations in marginal resource zones is shown to be a function of optimal zone exploitation in the Hay Hollow Valley. MacArthur's deviation amplifying model is presented as an alternative to the model's diminishing resource curves as a possible explanation of the extinction of Hay Hollow population by A.D. 1400. Finally, the effects of population excess disequilibriums as defined by the model are examined in relationship to the settlement pattern variables of population aggregation, spatial aggregation and residential area.

Megastructures. What is really the point?

TERRITORIO ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Alvaro Domingues
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Transport Networks ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Rural Roads ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Industrial Estates ◽  
Local Transport

- The article explores megastructures in relation to their impact on local transport networks and nodes. The area examined is Portugal, where the recent construction of giant shopping malls, industrial estates and logistics centres has in turn led to large-scale infrastructures that have been superimposed on a settlement pattern consisting, in many cases, of urban agglomerations serviced by rural roads. The resulting landscape reveals a juxtaposition of completely different elements in terms of both scale and impact, often the outcome of urban zoning projects intruding on fragmented urbanisation. The resulting image is one of scattered settlement patterns. Behind these phenomena one can see the effects of splintering urbanism. The difficulty in coordinating, in time and space, the decisions made and actions taken by a wide variety of individuals and institutions is becoming increasingly more complex.

scholarly journals How Maya Archaeologists Discovered the 99% Through the Study of Settlement Patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A. Sabloff
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Maya Archaeology ◽  
Maya Civilization ◽  
The Many

This article presents an autobiographical perspective on the changing nature of Maya archaeology, focusing on the role of settlement pattern studies in illuminating the lives of commoners as well as on the traditional emphasis on the ruling elite. Advances in understanding the nature of nonelite peoples in ancient Maya society are discussed, as are the many current gaps in scholarly understandings of pre-Columbian Maya civilization, especially with regard to the diversity of ancient “commoners” and the difficulty in analyzing them as a single group.

Mogollon Settlement Patterns in Pine Lawn Valley, New Mexico

1960 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 538-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Bluhm
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Great Kivas

AbstractSettlement patterns are described for each phase of the sedentary agricultural occupation of the area from Pine Lawn phase (200 B.C.-A.D. 500) through Tularosa phase (A.D. 1100-1250), when the area was abandoned. Through time domestic structures changed from rounded to rectangular, from semi-subterranean to surface, and decreased in size. Earlier villages tended to be on higher, more defensible locations while later ones were lower, closer to water and arable land. Villages were generally random in plan, and great kivas, the only ceremonial structures identified in the area, appear to have served more than one village. From the settlement pattern data it is possible to construct a population curve for the area which may be partially explained in terms of botanical and climatological as well as cultural factors. Pine Lawn Valley Mogollon may have had some multi-village social organization which in later times may have united the entire valley. In this respect the Mogollon may have been intermediate between the well-integrated, segmented Anasazi communities in the plateau and the more politically structured Hohokam communities in the desert.

scholarly journals ARQUEOLOGÍA DEL AGUA Y LAS MONTAÑAS: PAISAJE Y PATRÓN DE ASENTAMIENTO EN LA COSTA ESTE DE LOS TUXTLAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Lourdes Budar Budar ◽  
Gibránn Becerra
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Study ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Classic Period ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Los Tuxtlas ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
Port System

Desde el año 2008 arqueólogos de la Universidad Veracruzana han realizado el estudio sistemático de la costa oriental de Los Tuxtlas, en el sur de Veracruz. Trabajos basados en un recorrido intensivo de superficie han cubierto un área de 250 km2. Gracias a estos estudios, se ha identificado evidencias de ocupación prehispánica, pautas de multiculturalidad y patrones de asentamiento distintivos en la región que se relacionan al desarrollo de un sistema portuario marítimo durante el periodo Clásico (300-1000 dC). Se hace un recuento de los métodos y técnicas utilizadas, así como de los resultados que se tienen hasta el momento. ARCHEOLOGY OF WATER AND MOUNTAINS:LANDSCAPE AND SETTLEMENT PATTERN ON THE EAST COAST OF THE TUXTLAS ABSTRACTSince 2008, archaeologists from the Universidad Veracruzana have carried out a systematic study of the eastern coast of Los Tuxtlas, in southern Veracruz. Investigations based on an archaeological survey have covered an area of 250 sq km. Thanks to these studies, evidence of prehispanic occupation, patterns of multiculturalism, and distinctive settlement patterns has been identified in the region that is related to the development of a maritime port system during the Classic period (300-1000 AD). This paper provides a description of the methods and techniques used in these investigations as well as the results that are available up to the present.Keywords: Los Tuxtlas; Prehispanic Ports; Settlement Pattern.

scholarly journals Pemetaan pola permukiman masyarakat di Kecamatan Klungkung: analisa pola dan karakteristik permukiman

2018 ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Naniek Kohdrata ◽  
Ni Wayan Febriana Utami ◽  
Cokorda Gede Alit Semarajaya
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Pattern Analysis ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Pattern Theory ◽  
Residential Characteristics ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Residential Pattern ◽  
Gis Software

Mapping of Klungkung sub-district settlement pattern: analysis of settlement pattern and characteristic. The research on Klungkung subdistrict settlement pattern aims to see whether the pattern is following “traditional” residential pattern theory or else. The pattern of community settlements can be used as an indicator of social dynamics as well as social problems. Similarly, it can be an indication of development potential or just the opposite for a development, whether from economic, social, cultural, even political. This study is limited only to find early indications of settlement patterns and residential characteristics. The method used is descriptive qualitative by utilizing GIS software to map residential locations obtained from key respondents and public respondents. The results show that the distribution of growing settlements patterns from core towards outside is the characteristics of the population based on religion or belief. While the pattern of settlements based on the character of the profession/work shows an orbital form, like the planets that surround the sun. Ethnic or race character does not show any particular pattern. This research is a preliminary study on the pattern of settlements in the era of globalization and development of Semarapura city in Klungkung regency. There is a tendency that the settlement pattern is not centered oriented anymore.

scholarly journals PERMUKIMAN TRADISIONAL DI KAWASAN LANSKAP PANTAI DI SENDIKI, DESA TAMBAKREJO KECAMATAN SUMBERMANJING WETAN KABUPATEN MALANG

BUANA SAINS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Irawan Setyabudi ◽  
Petrus Paulus Pain Pati
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Landscape Patterns ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Residential Architecture ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Village

Traditional settlements are places that still hold customary and cultural values related to beliefs or religion that are specific or unique to a particular society. In each region of Nusantara there are various cultures, and in it there are traditional settlements as identities. This research is located in the Sendiki beach area which is a tourist attraction in the southern Malang district, precisely in the village of Tambakrejo. The problem is the diminishing public awareness in preserving the existence of settlement forms because of the current of modernization. The unique settlement pattern model in the village of Tambakrejo lined up along the road following the traditional settlement pattern of Tanean Lanjeng, because the settlements were dominated by Madura race. On the other hand because it is located in East Java, the formation of his house was also adapted to the building form of joglo. Another problem is the low public awareness in maintaining environmental quality which impacts the degradation of ecosystem quality. The aims of this research include identifying the architectural forms of houses, landscapes and traditional settlements in the village of Tambakrejo, as an effort to preserve them. The research method was conducted qualitatively by analyzing the data using Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The research thinking is adapted to the ideas of Rapoport. The stages of research start from the identification of physical, biophysical, socio-cultural and economic aspects, to the description of analysis and synthesis in settlement patterns and traditional homes. The results obtained in the form of a description of traditional settlement patterns, the formation of residential architecture and landscape patterns of settlements. The conclusions of this study include documentation of traditional architecture, landscapes and settlements as knowledge to respect the natural environment and culture of the people living.

Community Settlement Patterns at Chan Chan, Peru

1970 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael West
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Present Survey ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Surface Survey ◽  
The Many

AbstractA recent surface survey was conducted at the site of Chan Chan, Peru, for purposes of investigating the nature of community settlement patterns. Previous writers have tended to view these in terms of the speculated sociological implications of specific largescale architectural features known as ciudadelas. In doing so they have neglected an extremely important body of information regarding the many small and inconspicuous building units that are closely associated with the ciudadelas. The present survey concentrated on the smaller complexes and provided data that were relevant to studying aspects of community settlement patterning such as house types, distribution of public buildings, street layouts, distribution of population types, population size and density. The results indicate that the range of social activities that were engaged in at Chan Chan during its flourish cannot possibly be understood in terms of the implications of large-scale architecture. It is suggested here that the overall community settlement pattern of Chan Chan is coincidental to the configuration described by Sjoberg (1965) for the typical preindustrial city. The hypotheses and suggestions generated by this study provide a base or foundation for future research at the site.

Post-disaster recovery through the evolution of the lakou, a traditional settlement pattern

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Patrick Miller
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Post Disaster

Purpose Historically, post-disaster reconstruction policies and practice ignore the embedded knowledge of the affected population; the process following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti followed this trend. This paper aims to examine the production of social space in self-settled post-disaster settlements in Leogane and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the paper demonstrates the role that traditional settlement patterns played in the production of social capital. Design/methodology/approach A multi-sited case study approach was implemented to uncover the patterns of the lakou, which is a primary Haitian, traditional settlement pattern reflecting the familial social structure, present in self-settled post-disaster settlements. The study took place between February and June of 2012, two years after the 2010 earthquake across settlements in Leogane and Port-au-Prince. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 inhabitants across the settlements to uncover meanings attached to the creation of space. Together with behavior mapping and participant observations, the interviews were analyzed to validate the reproduction of the lakou. Findings This paper demonstrates that endogenous inhabitants create the lakou in post-disaster settlements in Haiti. This case study validates the resilience of the lakou, the inclusive nature of the lakou system, and the important role it plays in the production of social capital within post-disaster communities. Originality/value This study demonstrates the importance of traditional settlement patterns in post-disaster community well-being and it demonstrates the need to incorporate traditional settlement patterns into post-disaster planning strategies. Furthermore, the study validates that traditional settlement patterns support the production of social capital within a community.

Assertions, Assumptions, and Early Horizon (Oak Grove) Settlement Patterns in Southern California: A Rejoinder

1967 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger C. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Early Horizon

AbstractC. N. Warren makes six criticisms of a paper by Owen (Owen 1964), each of which can easily be rejected. The six comments, accompanied briefly by the grounds for their rebuttal, are: 1) that “Early horizon” cannot be used to label the period, when in reality “Early horizon” is as appropriate as any other term, and more so than many that are in use; 2) that a negligent comment is directed at a paper by W. J. Wallace, which though unimportant, is temperate and accurate in the estimation of the author; 3) that a reference to a paper by Warren and True is groundless and misleading when it indeed is pertinent and direct; 4) that an analogy used is weak, although the argument does not proceed by analogy; 5) that suggestions regarding the utility of radiocarbon are optimistic when in fact insight in the use of radiocarbon dates can provide information on duration of habitation on any site; 6) that comparisons between the probable settlement pattern of Early horizon California coastal populations and some of the Fuegian Canoe Indians are inappropriate, an opinion which indicates that Warren’s knowledge of the basis of the comparison is faulty. It is suggested that despite Warren’s criticism, the Glen Annie Canyon site report and the associated paper may stand unamended and lead to a better understanding of the settlement patterns of early Southern California coastal populations during the so-called Milling Stone horizon.

An Examination of Settlement Patterns at Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico, and Tikal, Guatemala: A Reply to Arnold and Ford

1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 430-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Folan ◽  
Ellen R. Kintz ◽  
Laraine A. Fletcher ◽  
Burma H. Hyde
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Pattern Analysis ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
Quintana Roo ◽  
Measuring Technique ◽  
Masonry Structures ◽  
Urban Organization

Data from Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico indicate strongly that Arnold and Ford"s (1980) settlement pattern analysis of Tikal, Guatemala is the result of an insufficient sample combined with their inability to distinguish between vaulted and unvaulted masonry structures. These deficiencies, together with a standard labor investment calculation for shrines and the use of an invalid measuring technique, have produced a distorted homogenized view of Classic Maya urban organization.

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