Ancient Maya Commerce : Multidisciplinary Research at Chunchucmil

Nearly two decades of research at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico documented a thriving city of 40,000 people without the powerful kings and massive temples seen at other Maya centers. What brought people to this area, the driest in the Maya world, and how did they survive? Ancient Maya Commerce provid...

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Veröffentlicht: United States University Press of Colorado 20170102
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