The ancient Maya marketplace : the archaeology of transient space / edited by Eleanor M. King.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

King, Eleanor (Eleanor M.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Commerce.

Mayas.

Mayas--Economic conditions.

Mayas--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Belize.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Guatemala.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tucson, [Arizona] : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Ancient Maya Marketplace, edited by Eleanor M. King, reviews the debate on prehispanic Maya markets. The volume's contributors challenge the model of a non-commercialized Maya economy and offer compelling new evidence for the existence and identification of ancient marketplaces among the Maya"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The ethnohistoric evidence for Maya markets and its archaeological implications / Eleanor M. King

The marketplace at Tikal / Christopher Jones

Ancient Maya markets : architectural grammar and market identifications / Marshall Becker

How to know it when we see it : marketplace identification at the classic Maya site of Buenavista del Cayo, Belize / Bernadette Cap

Soil chemistry in the search for ancient Maya marketplaces / Richard E. Terry, Daniel A. Bair, and Eric G. Coronel

The Maya marketplace at Maax Na, Belize / Leslie C. Shaw and Eleanor M. King

Markets and marketing in the classic Maya lowlands : a case study from el Perú-Waka' / Keith Eppich and David Freidel

Markets among the ancient Maya : the case of Caracol, Belize / Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, Richard E. Terry, Jacob M. Horlacher, and Adrian S. Z. Chase

Contemporary Maya marketplaces : gender, social change, and implications for the past / Susan J. Wurtzburg.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3217-6

OCLC:

920778464