essay
Physical geography of the Yucatan Peninsula
cobá, a classic maya metropolis • New York • Published In 1983 • Pages: 21-48
By: Folan, William J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Folan summarizes the geology, soils, hydrography, flora, fauna, and climate of the Yucatan Peninsula. He discusses the mining and quarrying and the mines and quarries, particularly of the SASCAB, around Cobá. SASCAB was 'used by the Maya for the fill of buildings when in block form and, when in granular form, was mixed with lime (often produced by burning chunks of SASCAB) to make mortar. Granular SASCAB was also used, for example, to pave the many SACBEOB in the Cobá area.'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- Soil
- Fauna
- Flora
- Water supply
- Mining and quarrying
- 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
- not specified
- 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)
- Yucatan Peninsula; Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- William J. Folan
- For bibliographical information see document number 35: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82008895
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities