La Noria: A Hydrologic Technology of Yucatan
Creators: name: Williams, Nina E.
Publisher: name: New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Yucatan, Mexico
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subject: Historic Period 1545 - 2000
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subject: Historic Native American
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subject: Spanish
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subject: Maya
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subject: Historic
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subject: Xcalacoop
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subject: Ebtun, Cuncunul, Kaua, Tekom, Tixcacalcupul, Yucatan
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subject: Water-Related
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subject: Cemetery
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subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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subject: Historic Structure
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subject: Agricultural or Herding
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subject: Agricultural Field or Field Feature
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subject: Ossuary
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subject: Canal or Canal Feature
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subject: Corral
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subject: Water Control Feature
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subject: Historic Church / Religious Structure
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subject: Historic Communal / Public Structure
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subject: Hamlet / Village
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subject: Town / City
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subject: Historic Governmental Structure
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subject: Hacienda
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subject: Cenote
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subject: noria (waterwheel)
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subject: Apiary
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subject: Road
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subject: Plaza
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subject: Trail
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subject: Soil Samples
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Glass
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Building Materials
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subject: Metal
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subject: Landscape
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subject: colonial and postcolonial transformations
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subject: 'Historical Archaeology'
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subject: Yucatan, Mexico
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subject: Archaeological site survey and testing
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subject: Ethnohistory
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subject: Ethnographic Research
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subject: Ethnohistoric Research
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subject: Historic Background Research
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
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subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
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description: This paper addresses the changes to the noria platform and to noria technology of north-central 
Yucatán. I question whether personal preference influenced differentiation of the technology or if 
specific utilitarian activities dictated more standardization through time. I use statistical 
analysis to determine if there is equal variance among the noria openings and platforms. By 
comparing three different property types (haciendas, ranchos, and conventos) the data indicates the 
noria opening is standardized and the noria wheel did not change until the development of new 
technologies in the early twentieth century. The platform shows differentiation; therefore, their 
design was influenced by their activity set. The noria as a technology experienced little change 
through the centuries and proved to be efficient while the platform went through periods of 
decorative styling and considered a prestigious
feature, most common at haciendas.