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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165025303321

Titolo

Ancient Maya Commerce : multidisciplinary research at Chunchucmil / edited by Scott Hutson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder : , : University Press of Colorado, , [2016]

©[2016]

ISBN

1-60732-723-6

1-60732-697-3

1-60732-555-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Disciplina

972/.6

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Mexico - Chunchucmil Site

Mayas - Antiquities

Mayas - Economic conditions

Mayas - Commerce

Chunchucmil Site (Mexico)

Mexico Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Scott R. Hutson and Bruce H. Dahlin -- Map of Chunchucmil / Scott Hutson and  Aline Magnoni -- Architectural group typology and excavation sampling within Chunchucmil / Scott R. Hutson, Aline Magnoni, Bruce H. Dahlin -- Chunchucmil chronology and site dynamics / Socorro Jimenez, Aline Magnoni, Eugenia Mansell, and Tara Bond-Freeman -- Chunchucmil's urban population / Scott R. Hutson, Aline Magnoni, Traci Ardren, Chelsea Blackmore, and Travis Stanton -- Environmental heterogeneity in the Chunchucmil economic region / David Hixson, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Bruce H. Dahlin -- Hydrology on the edge of the Chicxulub Crater : Chunchucmil and Uc-Cansahcab groundwater resources / Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Timothy Beach -- Hinterland settlement patterns within the Chunchucmil economic region / David R. Hixson and Daniel E. Mazeau -- Soils and agricultural carrying capacity / Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Ryan V. Sweetwood, Patrice Farrell, Daniel E.



Mazeau, and Richard E. Terry -- Perishable resources produced for exchange in the Chunchucmil economic region / Bruce H. Dahlin, Traci Ardren, David R. Hixson, and Anthony P. Andrews -- Marketing within Chunchucmil / Scott R. Hutson, Richard E. Terry, and Bruce H. Dahlin -- Connections beyond Chunchucmil / Traci Ardren, Scott R. Hutson, David R. Hixson and Justin Lowry -- Conclusion / Scott R. Hutson.

Sommario/riassunto

"Using a variety of evidence--archaeological, botanical, geomorphological, and soil-based--contributors show how Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico 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"--Provided by publisher.