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Perspectives on the Ancient Maya of Chetumal Bay (Hardcover)
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Perspectives on the Ancient Maya of Chetumal Bay (Hardcover)
Series: Maya Studies
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The ancient Maya invested prodigious amounts of labor in the
construction of road systems for communication and trade, yet
recent discoveries surrounding Chetumal Bay reveal an alternative
and extensive network of riverine and maritime waterways. Focusing
on sites ringing the bay such as Cerro Maya, Oxtankah, and Santa
Rita Corozal, the contributors to this volume explore how the bay
and its feeder rivers affected all aspects of Maya culture from
settlement, food production, and the production and use of special
goods to political relationships and social organization. Besides
being a nexus for long distance exchange in valuable materials such
as jade and obsidian, the region was recognized for its high
quality agricultural produce, including chocolate, achiote,
vanilla, local fruits, honey, and salt, and for its rich marine
environment. The Maya living on the fringes of the bay perceived
the entire region as a single resource procurement zone. Waterborne
trade brought the world to them, providing a wider horizon than
would have been available to inland cities dependent only on Maya
roads for news of the world.
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