Ancient Maya commerce :  multidisciplinary research at Chunchucmil / 
edited by Scott Hutson. 
 - Boulder :  University Press of Colorado,  [2017] 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  Map of Chunchucmil /  Architectural group typology and excavation sampling within Chunchucmil /  Chunchucmil chronology and site dynamics /  Chunchucmil's urban population /  Environmental heterogeneity in the Chunchucmil economic region /  Hydrology on the edge of the Chicxulub Crater : Chunchucmil and Uc-Cansahcab groundwater resources /  Hinterland settlement patterns within the Chunchucmil economic region /  Soils and agricultural carrying capacity /  Perishable resources produced for exchange in the Chunchucmil economic region /  Marketing within Chunchucmil /  Connections beyond Chunchucmil /  Conclusion /  Scott R. Hutson and Bruce H. Dahlin --  Scott Hutson and Aline Magnoni --  Scott R. Hutson, Aline Magnoni, Bruce H. Dahlin --  Socorro Jimenez, Aline Magnoni, Eugenia Mansell, and Tara Bond-Freeman --  Scott R. Hutson, Aline Magnoni, Traci Ardren, Chelsea Blackmore, and Travis Stanton --  David Hixson, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Bruce H. Dahlin --  Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Timothy Beach --  David R. Hixson and Daniel E. Mazeau --  Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Ryan V. Sweetwood, Patrice Farrell, Daniel E. Mazeau, and Richard E. Terry --  Bruce H. Dahlin, Traci Ardren, David R. Hixson, and Anthony P. Andrews --  Scott R. Hutson, Richard E. Terry, and Bruce H. Dahlin --  Traci Ardren, Scott R. Hutson, David R. Hixson and Justin Lowry --  Scott R. Hutson. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781607325550 1607325551 9781607326977 1607326973 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Chunchucmil Site.<br/>Mayas--Antiquities.<br/>Mayas--Economic conditions.<br/>Mayas--Commerce.<br/>Humanities.<br/>Archaeology.<br/>HISTORY--Latin America--Mexico.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--general.<br/>HISTORY--Latin America--Mexico.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--general.<br/>Antiquities.<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)<br/>Mayas--Antiquities.<br/>Mayas--Commerce.<br/>Mayas--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Chunchucmil Site (Mexico)<br/>Mexico--Antiquities.<br/>Mexico.<br/>Mexico--Chunchucmil Site.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Archaeology. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F1435.3.C6  / A523 2016