• DOI:10.1177/0096144204274396
Corpus ID: 145452272

City Size in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

@article{Smith2005CitySI,
  title={City Size in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica},
  author={M. Smith},
  journal={Journal of Urban History},
  year={2005},
  volume={31},
  pages={403 - 434}
}

• M. Smith
• Published 2005
• Geography
• Journal of Urban History

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… Expand

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