Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Coba: A Classic Maya Metropolis; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Archaeological Investigations of Coba: A Summary; THE DEBATE OVER URBAN STATUS; INVESTIGATIONS OF COBA; THE COBA MAPS; TOPICS OF THIS STUDY; Chapter 2. The Importance of Coba in Maya History; TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF COBA; COBA AS A REGIONAL CENTER; THE IMPACT OF CLIMATIC CHANGE; Chapter 3. Physical Geography of the Yucatan Peninsula; INTRODUCTION; GEOLOGY; MINING AND QUARRYING AT COBA; SOILS; HYDROGRAPHY; FLORA; FAUNA.
  • CLIMATEChapter 4. Urban Organization and Social Structure of Coba; COMMUNITY PATTERNS OF MAYA SETTLEMENTS; URBAN ORGANIZATION OF COBA; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; CLASS AS RELATED TO STRUCTURES; Chapter 5. The Ruins of Coba; THE BUILDINGS; STELAE AND OTHER HIEROGLYPHIC MONUMENTS; Chapter 6. Linear Features in Zone I: Description and Classification; COMPARATIVE DATA ON LINEAR FEATURES IN THE MAYA AREA; LINEAR FEATURES AT COBA: GENERAL DESCRIPTION; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 7. Solares, Kitchen Gardens, and Social Status at Coba; INTRODUCTION; THE SOLAR AS KITCHEN GARDEN; SOLARES IN ZONE I AT COBA: ANALYSIS.
  • CONCLUSIONSChapter 8. Coba and Mayapan: A Comparison of Solares, Household Variation, Sociopolitical Organization, and Land Tenure; INTRODUCTION; SAMPLE AREAS: COBA AND MAYAPAN; LINEAR FEATURES: CONFIGURATION AND DISTRIBUTION; HOUSE-LOT WALLS AND SOLARES; HOUSEHOLD COMPOUNDS: COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 9. Household Composition: An Analysis of the Composition of Residential Compounds in Coba; INTRODUCTION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE: THE FORM OF THE HOUSEHOLD; ETHNOHISTORIC EVIDENCE: RESIDENTIAL PATTERNS; ETHNOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: THE COMPLEXITY OF THE RESIDENTIAL PATTERNS.
  • HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION OF ANCIENT COBACONCLUSIONS; Chapter 10. Cottage Industry and Guild Formation in a Classic Maya Metropolis; INTRODUCTION; ANCIENT COBA: A COMPLEX OF WARD, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HOUSEHOLD; GUILDS; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 11. Class Structure in a Classic Maya City; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 12. Neighborhoods and Wards in a Classic Maya Metropolis; INTRODUCTION; ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 13. A Reconstruction of the Prehistoric Population at Coba; INTRODUCTION; INITIAL POPULATION ESTIMATES AT COBA; POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR CLASSIC PERIOD COBA.
  • POPULATION ESTIMATES BASED ON ALL 13 ZONESPOPULATION ESTIMATES BASED ON ZONES I AND VI; ETHNOHISTORIC AND ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA; A TRIAL ESTIMATE OF CLASSIC MAYA PALACE POPULATIONS AT COBA; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 14. Summary and Conclusions; COBA: A DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL; TESTING THE MODEL; Bibliography; INDEX; STUDIES IN ARCHAEOLOGY.