essay

Neighborhoods and wards in a Classic Maya metropolis

cobá, a classic maya metropolisNew YorkPublished In 1983 • Pages: 179-190

By: Kintz, Ellen R..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 elite households. These clusters may demarcate ancient neighborhood and ward forms of organizations. A table of these clusters with the number of households per cluster arrives at an estimated population size for each cluster.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Organization and analysis of results of research
Settlement patterns
Housing
Classes
Social relationships and groups
Community structure
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
1974-1976
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Late 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
Ellen R. Kintz
For bibliographical information see document number 35: Anonymous
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
82008895
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mayas--Antiquities