Landscapes of Community: The Neighborhoods of Wari Camp

Abstract

Mesoamerica’s indigenous communities exhibit a range of socio-spatial arrangements that tend to be labeled neighborhoods. For archaeologists of the Lowland Maya, interest in identifying these arrangements has grown significantly over the past decade. To date, their investigations have produced an awareness that different ancient communities had vastly different neighborhood forms. Research findings from the site of Wari Camp suggest that we have much to learn about the lived experiences of Maya people by seeking the sources and consequences of this variation.