Ancient Maya commerce : multidisciplinary research at Chunchucmil /

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Imprint:	Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Chunchucmil Site. Mayas -- Antiquities. Mayas -- Economic conditions. Mayas -- Commerce. Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Mayas -- Antiquities. Mayas -- Commerce. Mayas -- Economic conditions. Chunchucmil Site (Mexico) Mexico -- Antiquities. Mexico. Mexico -- Chunchucmil Site.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11398935

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Other authors / contributors:	Hutson, Scott, editor.
ISBN:	9781607325550 1607325551 9781607326977 1607326973 9781607327233 1607327236 9781607325390 160732539X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Ancient Maya commerce. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]

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.

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