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The real business of ancient Maya economies : from farmers' fields to rulers' realms / edited by Marilyn A. Masson, David A. Freidel, and Arthur A. Demarest ; foreword by Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Maya studies.
- Florida scholarship online.
- Maya studies
- Florida scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayas--Economic conditions.
- Mayas.
- Mayas--Antiquities.
- Mayas--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, [2020]
- Summary:
- A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and intricacy of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
- Contents:
- Part I. Theoretical Approaches
- Nuts, Bolts, and Bridges: Some Reflections / David A. Freidel
- Modeling Maya Markets / Eleanor King
- A New Direction in the Study of Ancient Maya Economics: Language, Logic, and Models from Strategic Management Studies / Arthur A. Demarest, Bart Victor, Chloe Andrieu, and Paola Torres
- Part II. Household and Community Economies and Resources
- Understanding Variability in Distribution and Consumption in Low-Wealth Households from the Classic Period / Scott Hutson
- Rural Economies at Agrarian Houselots before and after the Rise of Urban Mayapan / Marilyn Masson, Carlos Peraza Lope, Timothy Hare, Bradley Russell, Pedro
- Delgado K, Barbara Escamilla Ojeda, and Luis Flores Cob
- Stone for My House: The Economics of Stoneworking and Elite Housing in the Puuc Hills of Yucatan / William Ringle, Tom s Gallareta Negron, and George Bey
- Chert Resource Availability, Production, and Economic Logic: Case Studies from the Northwestern Peten, Guatemala, and Western Belize / Rachel Horowitz, Marcello Canuto and Chloe Andrieu
- The Ancient Maya Economic Landscape of Caracol, Belize / Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
- Commerce, Autarky, Barter, and Redistribution: The Multi-Tiered Urban Economy of El Peru-Waka?, Guatemala / Keith Eppich
- Large-Scale Production of Basic Commodities at Salinas de los Nueve Cerros, Guatemala: Implications for Ancient Maya Political Economy / Brent Woodfill
- Part III. Agriculture, Climate, Land
- Gardens of the Maya / Andrew Wyatt
- Yucatan Land and Labor Before and After Spanish Incursions / Adolfo Ivan Baten Alpuche, Patricia A. McAnany and Maia Dedrick
- Maya Cornucopia: Indigenous Food Plants of the Maya Lowlands / Scott L. Fedick
- Service Relationships within the Broader Economy of Ceran, a Young Maya Village / Payson Sheets
- Part IV. Political Elites, Wealthy Persons, and Economic Administration
- A Discrepancy between Elite Office and Economic Status in the El Palmar Dynasty, Mexico / Kenichiro Tsukamoto
- Bundling the Sticks: Tallies in Classic Maya Inscriptions / Alexandre Tokovinine
- Maya Economic Organization and Power: Elite Households at Aguateca / Daniela Triadan and Takeshi Inomata
- Part V. Economic Exchange Spheres: Routes, Facilities, and Symbolic Contexts
- Economic Interaction and the Rise of Socio-Political Complexity in the Maya Lowlands: The Case from the Mirador Basin / Richard Hansen, Edgar Suyuc, Stanley Guenter, Carlos Morales-Aguilar, Enrique
- Hernandez, and Beatriz Balcarcel
- The Contents, Roles, and Meanings of "Tribute" among the Classic Maya / Dorie Reents-Budet and Ronald Bishop
- The Political Geography of Long-Distance Exchange in the Elevated Interior Region of the Yucatan Peninsula / Beniamino Volta, Joel D. Gunn, Lynda Florey Folan, William J. Folan, and
- Geoffrey E. Braswell
- An Intracoastal Waterway and Trading Port System in Prehispanic Northwest Yucatan, Mexico / Fernando Robles Castellanos, Anthony P. Andrews, and Ruben Chuc Aquilar
- The Difference a Marketplace Makes: A View of Maya Market Exchange from the Late Classic Buenavista del Cayo Marketplace / Bernadette Cap
- Decentralizing the Economies of the Maya West / Charles Golden, Andrew Scherer, Whittaker Schroder, Clive Vella, and Alejandra Roche Recinos
- A Stone Duty? Flake Ritual Deposits and the Missing Workshops of the Maya Lowlands / Chloe Andrieu
- Terminal Classic Interactions between the Western Peten Lakes Chain and the Western Lowlands / Prudence Rice
- Maya Economics: Through a Glass, Sideways (One More Time) / Norman Yoffee
- Conclusion: The Ties that Bind / Marilyn Masson
- Appendix. Indigenous Food Plants of the Maya Lowlands / Scott L. Fedick
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5843-0
- 0-8130-6629-8
- OCLC:
- 1112131447
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