Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 376 Seiten)
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illustrations, figures, tables
ISBN:
9781607326977
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9781607325550
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9781607325390
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9781607327233
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:
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
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eng
Additional Edition:
ISBN 160732539X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781607325390
Additional Edition:
Print version Ancient Maya Commerce, Multidisciplinary Research at Chunchucmil Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado
Language:
English
Keywords:
Yucatán
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Maya
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Ausgrabung
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