The Real Business of Ancient Maya Economies: From Farmers' Fields to Rulers' Realms

by Marilyn A. Masson (Editor), David A. Freidel (Editor), Arthur A. Demarest (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813066295
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Series:	Maya Studies
Pages:	654
Product dimensions:	6.13(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.16(d)

About the Author

Marilyn A. Masson, professor of anthropology at the University at Albany, State University of New York, is coauthor of Kukulcan’s Realm: Urban Life at Ancient Mayapán.

David A. Freidel, professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, is coeditor of Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands.

Arthur A. Demarest is Ingram Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University and director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology and Development. He is the author of Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A veritable toolbox of new research, this innovative nuts-and-bolts volume reveals the complex, resilient set of relationships that made Maya exchange systems thrive for millennia.”—Debra S. Walker, editor of Perspectives on the Ancient Maya of Chetumal Bay

“Provides a snapshot of current research on Maya trade. From discussions of marketplaces to the provisioning of elite and commoner households with commodities from nearby and distant lands, we see the ancient Maya as people actively engaged in a variety of production and distribution tasks.”—Heather McKillop, author of Maya Salt Works