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Household compositionessay 1983 • Kintz, Ellen R.
Classic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Kintz looks at household composition at Cobá. She uses ethnographic and ethnohistoric records along with archaeological data to help reconstruct the household composition patterns in Classic C...Cottage industry and guild formation in a Classic Maya metropolisessay 1983 • Kintz, Ellen R.
Classic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Kintz analyzes the platform mounds that do not contain any apparent superstructures. These platforms are found scattered throughout the 13 zones of the city. Most were probably used for cottag...Class structure in a Classic Maya cityessay 1983 • Kintz, Ellen R.
Classic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Kintz describes the social organization (class, title, job description) and residential pattern of a typical Classic Maya city based on ethnohistoric data. She then looks at the various househ...Neighborhoods and wards in a Classic Maya metropolisessay 1983 • Kintz, Ellen R.
Classic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Kintz examines household compounds in Zone I at Coba. The distances between household units was determined. She found these household units formed 35 clusters, mostly made up of commoner and e...A reconstruction of the prehistoric population at Cobaessay 1983 • Kintz, Ellen R. & Fletcher, Laraine A.
Classic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Kintz and Fletcher estimate the population for Late Classic Cobá using different calculations from various other Mayanists. Ethnohistoric and ethnographic data of the Maya from Yucatan and arc...SOLARES, kitchen gardens, and social status at Cobaessay 1983 • Fletcher, Laraine A. & Kintz, Ellen R.
Classic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Fletcher analyzes the 144 stone house-lot boundary walls in Zone I at Cobá. These stone house-lot boundary walls are assumed to be similar to modern day and 16th century SOLARES which contain ...