- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- "A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and complexity of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods. Fully representing the range of current views on the subject, these essays delve deeply into multiple facets of a complex, interdependent material world"--
- Series Statement
- Maya Studies
- Uniform Title
- Real business of ancient Maya economies (Online)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Electronic books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- 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
- ISBN
- 9780813057408
- 9780813066295 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019024404
- OCLC
- ssj0002404774
- Title
The real business of ancient Maya economies [electronic resource] : 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.
- Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020.
- Series
Maya Studies
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Masson, Marilyn A.
Freidel, David A.
Demarest, Arthur Andrew.
Chase, Arlen F.
Chase, Diane Z.
- Other Form:
Print version: The real business of ancient Maya economies Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2020] 9780813066295 (DLC) 2019024403