| Contents |
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. |
| Abstract |
"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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015005336 |
| ISBN | 9780816500413 (cloth : alk. paper) |
