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Ancient Maya Commerce
Scott R. . Ed(S): Hutson
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Description for Ancient Maya Commerce
Hardback. Editor(s): Hutson, Scott R. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Ancient Maya Commerce presents nearly two decades of multidisciplinary research at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico—a thriving Classic period Maya center organized around commercial exchange rather than agriculture. An urban center without a king and unable to sustain agrarian independence, Chunchucmil is a rare example of a Maya city in which economics, not political rituals, served as the engine of growth. Trade was the raison d’être of the city itself. Using a variety of evidence—archaeological, botanical, geomorphological, and soil-based—contributors show how the city was a major center for both short- and long-distance trade, integrating the Guatemalan highlands, the Gulf of Mexico, and ... Read more
Ancient Maya Commerce presents nearly two decades of multidisciplinary research at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico—a thriving Classic period Maya center organized around commercial exchange rather than agriculture. An urban center without a king and unable to sustain agrarian independence, Chunchucmil is a rare example of a Maya city in which economics, not political rituals, served as the engine of growth. Trade was the raison d’être of the city itself. Using a variety of evidence—archaeological, botanical, geomorphological, and soil-based—contributors show how the city was a major center for both short- and long-distance trade, integrating the Guatemalan highlands, the Gulf of Mexico, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9781607325390
SKU
V9781607325390
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99-15
About Scott R. . Ed(S): Hutson
Scott R. Hutson is associate professor in anthropology at the University of Kentucky.
Reviews for Ancient Maya Commerce
"The field has been waiting for this volume and will be changed by it." —Marilyn Masson, SUNY Albany "A textbook example of how multidisciplinary research works." —Eleanor King, Howard University "Well integrated and well executed, a worthy tribute to Bruce Dahlin's imaginative scholarship." —Antiquity"[A] well-developed and beautifully executed research project focused on the trifecta of archaeology: people, places, and ... Read more