Ancient road networks and settlement hierarchies in the New World

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List of contributors List of tables List of figures Acknowledgements Editor's preface Section I. Theoretical Considerations: 1. An introduction to the study of ancient New World road networks Charles D. Trombold 2. Paths and roads in evolutionary perspective Timothy Earle 3. Roads, routes and ties that bind Ross Hassig 4. Observations about research on prehistoric roads in South America John Hyslop Section II. Methodological Considerations: 5. Photointerpretation of Chaco Roads Margaret S. Obenauf 6. Analysis of prehistoric roadways in Chaco Canyon using remotely sensed digital data Thomas L. Sever and David W. Wagner 7. Prehistoric footpaths in Costa Rica: transportation and communication in a tropical rainforest Payson Sheets and Thomas L. Sever 8. Cross-cutting relationships: the relative dating of ancient roads on the north coast of Peru Colleen M. Beck 9. Network analysis and the study of past regional organisation Larry J. Gorenflo and Thomas L. Bell Section III. Regional Studies: 10. Political, economic, and demographic implications of the Chaco road network Frances Joan Mathien 11. The prehistoric road network at Pueblo Alto, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico Thomas C. Windes 12. The Sonoran connection: road and trail networks in the prehistoric period Carroll L. Riley, and Joni L. Manson 13. Causeways in the context of strategic planning in the La Quemada region, Zacatecas, Mexico Charles D. Trombold 14. Xanhari: protohistoric Tarascan routes Shirley Gorenstien and Helen Perlstein Pollard 15. The influence and legacy of Teotihuacan on regional routes and urban planning Thomas H. Charlton 16. The structure of the Aztec transport network Robert S. Santley 17. Roads, thoroughfares and avenues of power at Xochicalco, Mexico Kenneth Hirth 18. Sacbes of the northern Maya William J. Folan 19. Prehistoric roads and causeways of lowland tropical America William M. Denevan 20. The association between roads and polities: evidence for a Wari road system in Peru Katharina J. Schrieber 21. The Chincha roads: economics and symbolism Dwight T. Wallace.