The community of Nayón -- Geography -- History -- Involvements in national institutions -- Community structure -- General characteristics -- The territorial extent of the community -- The population : data sources -- Population : residence, age, sex -- Household and kinship groups -- The Compadrazgo -- Mate selection and marriage procedures -- Changes in marriage observances -- The civil-religious administration -- Ceremonial activities and organizations -- Secular associations -- Economic activities -- Character of the economic system -- Nayón lands and their use -- The business of farming -- Non-agricultural production -- Internal commerce -- The commercial economy -- Commerce in animals -- Commerce in vegetable products -- Commerce with the Eastern Lowlands -- Consumption -- Capital and labor -- Life cycle in Nayón -- Becoming a Nayonite -- Child rearing and education -- Problems of maturity -- Threats to life -- Problems of change and stability -- The origins of change -- The processes of change -- The nature of the community -- Nayón revisited.