Walter R T Witschey
Biographic Data
| ID | 268714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Walter R T Witschey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Walter R T |
| FAMILY NAME | Witschey |
| SIGNATURE | WITSCHEY W R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Longwood University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan
This article addresses Postclassic Maya population recovery in the aftermath of the collapse of Terminal Classic period political centers by 1100 CE in northern Yucatan, Mexico. While much has been written about the collapse of northern lowland Classic period Maya civilization by the eleventh century CE, we focus here on longer-term outcomes from a demographic perspective, during the Postclassic period (1150-1500 CE). We analyze survey data from …
Settlement Scaling in the Northern Maya Lowlands
Settlement scaling theory predicts that higher site densities lead to increased social interactions that, in turn, boost productivity. The scaling relationship between population and land area holds for several ancient societies, but as demonstrated by the sample of 48 sites in this study, it does not hold for the Northern Maya Lowlands. Removing smaller sites from the sample brings the results closer to scaling expectations. We argue that applic…
The Library is on Fire, Now What? Assessing the Damage and How to Approach It
The Longwood Institute of Archaeology conducted the Vulnerability, Potential and Condition (VPC) assessment of shoreline archaeological sites along 1990 km (1237 miles) of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. VPC assessment involves a three-pronged approach that includes (1) the assessment of site vulnerability due to changing shorelines using an analytical package called Analysing Moving Boundaries Using R – AMBUR, (2) the assessment of potential sho…
Maya Inheritance Patterns
The Titles of Ebtun (Roys 1939) is a collection of documents from the pueblo of Ebtun, Yucatan, Mexico. The documents were discovered by William Gates in 1917. Gates photographed the documents, then bad them bound and returned to Ebtun, five kilometers west of Va1lladolid. Subsequently, the photographs were acquired by the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. Trus material consists chiefly of 285 documents (town records of Ebtun) of which the va…
The Broken Past
The fractal geometry of ancient Maya settlement
The fractal geometry of ancient Maya settlement
The Broken Past
Settlement Scaling in the Northern Maya Lowlands
Settlement scaling theory predicts that higher site densities lead to increased social interactions that, in turn, boost productivity. The scaling relationship between population and land area holds for several ancient societies, but as demonstrated by the sample of 48 sites in this study, it does not hold for the Northern Maya Lowlands. Removing smaller sites from the sample brings the results closer to scaling expectations. We argue that applic…
Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan
This article addresses Postclassic Maya population recovery in the aftermath of the collapse of Terminal Classic period political centers by 1100 CE in northern Yucatan, Mexico. While much has been written about the collapse of northern lowland Classic period Maya civilization by the eleventh century CE, we focus here on longer-term outcomes from a demographic perspective, during the Postclassic period (1150-1500 CE). We analyze survey data from …
The fractal geometry of ancient Maya settlement
The Broken Past
Maya Inheritance Patterns
The Titles of Ebtun (Roys 1939) is a collection of documents from the pueblo of Ebtun, Yucatan, Mexico. The documents were discovered by William Gates in 1917. Gates photographed the documents, then bad them bound and returned to Ebtun, five kilometers west of Va1lladolid. Subsequently, the photographs were acquired by the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. Trus material consists chiefly of 285 documents (town records of Ebtun) of which the va…
The Library is on Fire, Now What? Assessing the Damage and How to Approach It
The Longwood Institute of Archaeology conducted the Vulnerability, Potential and Condition (VPC) assessment of shoreline archaeological sites along 1990 km (1237 miles) of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. VPC assessment involves a three-pronged approach that includes (1) the assessment of site vulnerability due to changing shorelines using an analytical package called Analysing Moving Boundaries Using R – AMBUR, (2) the assessment of potential sho…
Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan
This article addresses Postclassic Maya population recovery in the aftermath of the collapse of Terminal Classic period political centers by 1100 CE in northern Yucatan, Mexico. While much has been written about the collapse of northern lowland Classic period Maya civilization by the eleventh century CE, we focus here on longer-term outcomes from a demographic perspective, during the Postclassic period (1150-1500 CE). We analyze survey data from …
Settlement Scaling in the Northern Maya Lowlands
Settlement scaling theory predicts that higher site densities lead to increased social interactions that, in turn, boost productivity. The scaling relationship between population and land area holds for several ancient societies, but as demonstrated by the sample of 48 sites in this study, it does not hold for the Northern Maya Lowlands. Removing smaller sites from the sample brings the results closer to scaling expectations. We argue that applic…
Archaeology (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Maya (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Geometry (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 works)