essay
A reconstruction of the prehistoric population at Coba
cobá, a classic maya metropolis • New York • Published In 1983 • Pages: 191-210
By: Kintz, Ellen R., Fletcher, Laraine A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 archaeological data from Cobá are used to help adjust these population estimates. Palace populations are also estimated. Kintz and Fletcher estimate a population of between 40,000 and 60,000 for all of Cobá.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Reviews and critiques
- Population
- Settlement patterns
- Housing
- 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
- 1971-1976
- 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 and Laraine A. Fletcher
- For bibliographical information see document number 35: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82008895
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities