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

• Pubblicazione: Tucson, [Arizona] : , : The University of Arizona Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 381/.10972810902
• Soggetto topico: Mayas - Commerce; Mayas - Economic conditions; Mayas - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Belize; Excavations (Archaeology) - Guatemala
• Persona (resp. second.): KingEleanor (Eleanor M.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The ancient Maya marketplace
• ISBN: 0-8165-3217-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796115703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II