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has not been as transformative in northern Yucatan archaeology where scrub vegetation makes it difficult to isolate ancient features. These same conditions are what allow for the visibility that makes the Chunchucmil (and other Yucatan) settlement data appropriate for Hutson’s analyses. However, LiDAR in the southern Lowlands is drastically altering our understanding of site size and density, which will affect some of the specific examples used in the book. On the other hand, LiDAR could be the answer to some of the problems Hutson laments when examining wealth distribution. Accurate volumetric calculations of mounds from point clouds solves many (though not all) of the issues cited when trying to extract information from two-dimensional site maps. In his conclusion, Hutson hopes that themethods he proposes for analysing neighbourhoods, built form,multiplicity and the economy as attractions become useful tools for Mayanists to make sense of variability in Maya cities (p. 208). I think that he has achieved this goal, but more importantly has provided a new theoretical perspective on the Maya city that is going to be incredibly useful as preconceptions about Maya cities are altered in a post-LiDAR world.