The Real Business of Ancient Maya Economies - From Farmers' Fields to Rulers' Realms (Hardcover, New edition)

A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and intricacy of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods. Contributors from a wide range of disciplines move beyond paradigms of elite control and centralized exchange to focus on individual agency, highlighting production and exchange that took place at all levels of society. Case studies draw on new archaeological evidence from rural households and urban marketplaces to reconstruct the trade networks for tools, ceramics, obsidian, salt, and agricultural goods throughout the empire. They also describe the ways household production integrated with community, regional, and interregional markets. Redirecting the field of ancient Maya economic studies away from simplistic characterizations of the past by fully representing the range of current views on the subject, this volume delves deeply into multiple facets of a complex, interdependent material world. A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Maya Studies
Release date:	August 2020
Editors:	Marilyn A. Masson • David A. Freidel • Arthur A. Demarest
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	654
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8130-6629-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic systems > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8130-6629-8
Barcode:	9780813066295

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