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Decoding Road Networks into Ancient Routes: The Case of the Aztec Empire in Mexico

Lugo, Igor, Gershenson, Carlos·2013·Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_20
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Abstract

Historical evidence in some regions of Latin America has suggested that the system of ancient routes between places could have determined the success or collapse of prehistoric societies. The identification of such routes provided essential information to understand initial conditions in the evolution of the actual road infrastructure. Looking into the increasing technology applied to generate and process geospatial information, we proposed a retrospective spatial analysis for discovering a large-scale network of ancient routes before the conquest of Aztecs by the Spanish around 1520 CE. Such a method consisted in analyzing existing road networks (highways) that connect a system of cities (continuously built-up areas) to deduce routes by using geoprocessing methods, network analysis, and historical evidence. The results of this research support the idea that the retrospective method may be applied to other cases to decipher and to understand initial conditions in the evolution of road infrastructures by combining different types of data and scientific fields.

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  1. Santley, R.S.: The structure of the Aztec transport network. In: Trombold, C.D. (ed.) Ancient Road Networks and Settlement Hierarchies in the New World, pp. 198–210. Cambridge University Press, UK (2011)
  2. Solanes, M., del, C., Vela, E.: Cultura Mesoamericana. Arqueología Mexicana, Special Edition: Atlas del México Prehispánico, 64–75 (2000)

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Authors
Lugo, I., & Gershenson, C.
Affiliations
  • Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias (MX)
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
ORCID
Venue
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published
2013
Pages
228-233
ISSN
  • 1867-8211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1867-822X
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_20
OpenAlex
W1157038214
Cited by
1
References
13
Citations by year
2013: 1
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1.56
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations
Lecture notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeological Research and Protection
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Keywords
Aztec Empire, road network, historical cartography, network analysis, geospatial information, Mesoamerica

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