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In search of Maya sea traders / Heather McKillop.
Penn Museum Library F1435.1.W6 M35 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKillop, Heather Irene, 1953-
- Series:
- Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 11.
- Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coastwise navigation.
- Underwater archaeology.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Mayas--Commerce.
- Mayas.
- Wild Cane Cay Site (Belize).
- Mayas--Antiquities.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Belize--Punta Gorda Region.
- Underwater archaeology--Belize--Punta Gorda Region.
- Coastwise navigation--Belize--Punta Gorda Region.
- Punta Gorda Region (Belize)--Antiquities.
- Punta Gorda Region (Belize).
- Belize.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- My first visit to Wild Cane Cay, 1981
- Fieldwork at Wild Cane Cay
- Trips to town and visitors to the cay
- Household archaeology
- Obsidian trade
- Maya ancestors : keeping the dead at home
- A new dory
- Underwater archaeology
- Volunteers
- In search of the coastal Maya
- Returning to Wild Cane Cay in 1992
- Provisions from Punta Gorda
- Submerged ancient saltworks
- Sea-level rise and ancient trade
- Settlement patterns
- Target practice
- Rough seas, submerged sites
- Coral architecture
- Truce with the sea.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1585443891
- 1585444243
- OCLC:
- 55145823
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