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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Value of Things -- Jennifer P. Mathews and Thomas H. Guderjan; 1. The Value of Labor: How the Production Process Added Value to Pre-Columbian Maya Jade -- Brigitte Kovacevich; 2. Production of Ancient Wetland Agricultural Commodities in the Maya Lowlands -- Thomas H. Guderjan, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Timothy Beach, Steven Bozarth, and Samantha Krause; 3. Finding Value in the Mundane: Chert Features and Communities of Practice at San Bartolo, Guatemala -- Joshua J. Kwoka |
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4. The Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize: A Model for Ancient Maya Salt Production -- Heather McKillop and E. Cory Sills5. Beekeeping Practices in Modern and Ancient Yucatán: Going from the Known to the Unknown -- Briana Bianco, Rani T. Alexander, and Gary Rayson; 6. The Coin of Her Realm: Cacao as Gendered Goods among the Prehispanic and Colonial Maya -- Eleanor Harrison-Buck; 7. Prerevolutionary Henequen Landscapes of Northwestern Yucatán -- Allan D. Meyers |
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8. Cosmopolitan Living?: Examining the Sugar and Rum Industry of the Costa Escondida, Quintana Roo, Mexico -- Jennifer P. Mathews and John Gust9. Plant-Food Commodities of the Maya Lowlands -- Scott L. Fedick; 10. Questioning the Status of Land as Commodity in Maya Quintana Roo and Belize -- Tiffany C. Cain and Richard M. Leventhal; 11. Changes in Ceramics as Commodities in Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico (1965-2008) and What They Tell Us about Ancient Maya Ceramic Production -- Dean E. Arnold |
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12. Meaning in the Making: Locating Value in the Production and Consumption of Maya Tourist Arts -- Mary Katherine ScottReferences; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
"This book explores how the Mayans gave value to commodities through the lens of anthropology and archaeology"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mayas -- Commerce
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Mayas -- Commerce
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guderjan, Thomas H., editor
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Mathews, Jennifer P., 1969- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780816536320 |
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0816536325 |
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