Format:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
ISBN:
9781607325390
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1607325551
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160732539X
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9781607325550
Series Statement:
Knowledge Unlatched
Content:
Nearly two decades of research at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico documented a thriving city of 40,000 people without the powerful kings and massive temples seen at other Maya centers. What brought people to this area, the driest in the Maya world, and how did they survive? Ancient Maya Commerce provides a pioneering study in economic anthropology, making the strongest case yet that ancient Maya economies were quite complex, containing markets in addition to other forms of exchange. Multiple lines of evidence including household archaeology, regional survey, paleo-ecology and soil chemistry show that Chunchucmil was a major center for both short and long distance trade, integrating the Guatemalan highlands, the Gulf of Mexico and the interior of the northern Maya lowlands. By placing Chunchucmil into the broader context of emerging research at other Maya cities, this book helps reorient our understanding of ancient Maya economies, foregrounding the increasingly important role of commerce
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction
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Map of Chunchucmil
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Architectural group typology and excavation sampling within Chunchucmil
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Chunchucmil chronology and site dynamics
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Chunchucmil's urban population
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Environmental heterogeneity in the Chunchucmil economic region
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Hydrology on the edge of the Chicxulub Crater : Chunchucmil and Uc-Cansahcab groundwater resources
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Hinterland settlement patterns within the Chunchucmil economic region
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Soils and agricultural carrying capacity
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Perishable resources produced for exchange in the Chunchucmil economic region
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Marketing within Chunchucmil
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Connections beyond Chunchucmil
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Conclusion
Additional Edition:
Druck-Ausgabe
Additional Edition:
Print version Ancient Maya commerce Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Print-Ausgabe Ancient Maya commerce Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2017 ISBN 9781607325390
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
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