### p71 Maya residential compound layout > ll as the production levels of slash and burn or milpa agriculture. Despite many changes brought on by modern agricultural technology, traditional maize production and storage are still important household subsistence activities to many Maya agriculuralists within this region. The Puuc household or solar is the basic organizational unit where most domestic social and economic activities take place. The solar is generally bounded by a stone wall enclosing an area ranging from 400 to 20,000 square meters: the average area is 2,291 square meters. The basic solar consists of a living residence, a kitchen, a maize store house, and several animal structures. Most buildings are of wattle and daub construction, often with thatched roofs and stone-lined foundations. Other characteristic features include house altars, wells, water storage tanks, kitchen and outside hearths, elevated gardens, clothes washing tubs, and sometimes outdoor maize granaries - [[Domestic Storage Behavior in Mesoamerica#p71 Maya residential compound layout|View in Vault]]