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Coba and Mayapan: a comparison of SOLARES, household variation, sociopolitical organization, and land tenure
cobá, a classic maya metropolis • New York • Published In 1983 • Pages: 121-131
By: Fletcher, Laraine A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Fletcher looks at SOLARES as defined by house-lot boundary walls (SOLARES are not just a Post-classic phenomenon) to examine social-political organization and land tenure. She found house-lot walls are not found in association with ceremonial complexes but they do surround adjacent residences. There is a wide range in the number of structures associated with SOLARES in Cobá (from one to eleven structures) probably due to different family compositions, household activities, and different ways of establishing status. Fletcher also speculates that land may not have been individually owned at Cobá but property may have been only held by permission from a higher authority. For additional information on SOLARES and linear features see chapters 6 and 7 in document numbers 22 and 23.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prehistory
- Grounds
- Settlement patterns
- Status, role, and prestige
- Household
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Classic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1975-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Classic Period
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cobá; Quintana Roo, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laraine A. Fletcher
- For bibliographical information see document number 35: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82008895
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities