Book
Life under the tropical canopy: tradition and change among the Yucatec Maya
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • Fort Worth • Published In 1990 • Pages: xix, 170
By: Kintz, Ellen R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of continuity and change in Mayan culture. Kintz examines Mayan kinship, economy, political leadership, and religion in each of seven historical periods between A.D. 600 and 1987. She writes in an evocative style from the perspective of a contemporary observer. The last chapter summarizes the overall changes that occurred between the prehistoric, colonial, and modern periods. She includes a seven-page glossary of Mayan, Yucatec, and Spanish terms.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- Agriculture
- Family
- Religious beliefs
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maya (Yucatán Peninsula)
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1975-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- A.D. 600-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ellen R. Kintz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-162) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89024534
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas