Ellen R Kintz

Biographic Data

ID145509
NAMEEllen R Kintz
GIVEN NAMESEllen R
FAMILY NAMEKintz
SIGNATUREKINTZ E R
AFFILIATIONSSUNY Geneseo
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS30
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX3

  • Anthropological Fieldwork

    Ellen R Kintz, Andrew Tschappat et al.ARTICLEPracticing Anthropology2010

    My fieldwork in Cobá, Quintana Roo, Mexico began in 1976, when I was hired to serve as a member of a larger research team involved in the detailed mapping of the Classic Maya metropolis (Folan, Kintz, and Fletcher 1983). The archaeological site of Cobá is immense, measuring 63 square km. It exhibits unique characteristics, including the remains of house foundations, vaulted buildings, stone walls enclosing properties, the remains of storage rooms…

  • Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico

    Open AccessWilliam J Folan, Alma A Hernandez et al.ARTICLEAncient Mesoamerica2009Cited by: 14References: 15

    Coba represents a major Classic period Maya urban center. Archaeological investigations have suggested a complex socioeconomic integration apparent in the heterogeneity of the size, shape, and quality of architecture while demonstrating a clear demarcation between commoner and elite compounds in addition to a complex system of raised roads (sacbeob). Results of the 1974–1976 mapping efforts at Coba revealed a generalized concentric settlement pat…

  • Considering the Ties That Bind

    Open AccessEllen R KintzARTICLEAncient Mesoamerica2004References: 28

    The meaning of ancient Maya social organization continues to engender heated debate. Hierarchy and heterarchy are suggested as organizational principles that reflect the variability characteristic of the Maya households past and present. The presence or absence of lineage in the core area or hinterland reflects the social dimension of Maya social organization and small and larger households are tied to the larger political structure. Detailed arc…

  • Buying Explosives and Feeding the Elders

    Open AccessEllen R KintzARTICLEAnthropology of Work Review1999References: 1

  • The Yucatec Maya Frontier and Maya Women

    Open AccessEllen R KintzARTICLESex Roles1998Cited by: 6References: 11

  • The organization of Maya culture and society

    Ellen R KintzARTICLEReviews in Anthropology1993References: 6

    Culbert, T. Patrick and Don S. Rice, eds. Precolumbian Population History in the Maya Lowlands. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990. xx + 395 pp. including references, and index. $40.00 cloth. de Montmollin, Oliver. The Archaeology of Political Structure. Settlement Analysis in a Classic Maya Polity. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xvii + 287 pp. including notes, references, and index. $44.50 cloth. Jones, Grant. Maya Re…

  • An Examination of Settlement Patterns at Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico, and Tikal, Guatemala

    Open AccessWilliam J Folan, Ellen R Kintz et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity1982Cited by: 10

    Data from Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico indicate strongly that Arnold and Ford"s (1980) settlement pattern analysis of Tikal, Guatemala is the result of an insufficient sample combined with their inability to distinguish between vaulted and unvaulted masonry structures. These deficiencies, together with a standard labor investment calculation for shrines and the use of an invalid measuring technique, have produced a distorted homogenized view of Cla…