Water, Cacao, and the Early Maya of Chocolá /

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In describing what was, in effect, a lost Maya city, the book highlights the many important research findings to date of long-term field research at the city, including a very early, yet extraordinarily sophisticated ancient water control system, and evidence for cacao arboriculture, to explain its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kaplan, Jonathan H., 1947- (Autor), Paredes-Umaña, Federico (Autor)
Otros Autores: Chase, Diane Z. (writer of foreword.), Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Water-supply.
Mayas.
Chocolate.
Archaeology.
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Mayas > Guatemala > Suchitepequez > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Guatemala > Suchitepequez > Histoire.
Archeologie > Guatemala > Suchitepequez.
Chocolat > Guatemala > Suchitepequez > Histoire.
Mayas > Guatemala > Suchitepequez > History.
Water-supply > Guatemala > Suchitepequez > History.
Archaeology > Guatemala > Suchitepequez.
Chocolate > Guatemala > Suchitepequez > History.
Guatemala > Suchitepequez.
Suchitepequez (Guatemala) > History.
Suchitepequez (Guatemala) > Antiquities.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In describing what was, in effect, a lost Maya city, the book highlights the many important research findings to date of long-term field research at the city, including a very early, yet extraordinarily sophisticated ancient water control system, and evidence for cacao arboriculture, to explain its rise to wealth and power as a "kingdom of chocolate"; also detailed are the ancient city's sculpture and ceramics and the ethnohistory of the modern Maya community lying atop it
Descripción Física:1 online resource (524 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813052205

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