Ancient Maya Commerce

"Using a variety of evidence--archaeological, botanical, geomorphological, and soil-based--contributors show how Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico 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 May...

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Corporate Author: Project Muse
Other Authors: Hutson, Scott (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Scott R. Hutson and Bruce H. Dahlin
  • Map of Chunchucmil / Scott Hutson and Aline Magnoni
  • Architectural group typology and excavation sampling within Chunchucmil / Scott R. Hutson, Aline Magnoni, Bruce H. Dahlin
  • Chunchucmil chronology and site dynamics / Socorro Jimenez, Aline Magnoni, Eugenia Mansell, and Tara Bond-Freeman
  • Chunchucmil's urban population / Scott R. Hutson, Aline Magnoni, Traci Ardren, Chelsea Blackmore, and Travis Stanton
  • Environmental heterogeneity in the Chunchucmil economic region / David Hixson, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Bruce H. Dahlin
  • Hydrology on the edge of the Chicxulub Crater : Chunchucmil and Uc-Cansahcab groundwater resources / Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Timothy Beach
  • Hinterland settlement patterns within the Chunchucmil economic region / David R. Hixson and Daniel E. Mazeau
  • Soils and agricultural carrying capacity / Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Ryan V. Sweetwood, Patrice Farrell, Daniel E. Mazeau, and Richard E. Terry
  • Perishable resources produced for exchange in the Chunchucmil economic region / Bruce H. Dahlin, Traci Ardren, David R. Hixson, and Anthony P. Andrews
  • Marketing within Chunchucmil / Scott R. Hutson, Richard E. Terry, and Bruce H. Dahlin
  • Connections beyond Chunchucmil / Traci Ardren, Scott R. Hutson, David R. Hixson and Justin Lowry
  • Conclusion / Scott R. Hutson.