Sentence examples for diversity of settlements from inspiring English sources

While many Pueblo I communities were quite large, the Pueblo II period is characterized by a greater diversity of settlements; small hamlets and villages began to be built in addition to the large communities, or "great houses," that were typical of Pueblo I. Kivas also became more diverse; some were built in towers, while others were built much larger than before.

This restricted sample was representative of the diversity of settlements, and it was diversified for six criteria: nature of activities, herd size, species composition, family structure, regime of mobility and borehole location.

Successive waves of migration, as well as economic and political modernization, have left their mark in a diversity of settlement patterns.

Modern regional megacities consist of a succession of densely populated centers, urbanized free spaces and small-to-medium towns a diversity of settlement conditions, equally influenced by an oversupply of property.

The diversity of geomorphology, climate, and plant distribution in Switzerland provides a wide variety of settlement sites, a variety further enhanced by the country's central European location.

Different patches were settled by people from various European countries, so that a diversity of cultures and settlement patterns developed across the country.

As a diversity of landscapes and forms of settlement characterizes the state, its peoples and its cultures also represent many Louisianas.

We adopt a semantically open representation of informal settlements that can capture the diversity of adaptive strategies used by different settlement typologies, based on the societal metabolism approach.

Generally, compared with traditional settlements, new settlements displayed greater richness and diversity of plant species, primarily because of the exotic species present in new settlements.

A geoarchaeological approach was applied to understand the sequence and diversity of human actions involved in the settlement of the area as expressed in the multiple mounded structures, dated from the early Holocene to shortly before the arrival of the first colonizers.

Yet the diversity of its geography and landscapes, its spread of settlement and industries, means that the arts and culture of New South Wales reflect a broad span of Australian experience.