TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hutson,Scott
TI  - Ancient Maya Commerce: Multidisciplinary Research at Chunchucmil 
SN  - 9781607326977
PB  - University Press of Colorado
KW  - Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Social Science / Customs & Traditions
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - 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
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/0fcd68bd-00c4-401b-b7ba-34ceb822e75d
ER  -