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This book includes evaluation of the economics of salt production and trade from analyses of the spatial patterning of wooden buildings and associated artifacts that were mapped on the sea floor at the Paynes Creek Salt Works. The book describes the discovery and mapping of the wooden architecture a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McKillop, Heather Irene, 1953- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Chase, Diane Z. (author of foreward.), Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953- (author of foreward.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Salt industry and trade.
Salt.
Mayas > Commerce.
Mayas > Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Sel > Belize > Histoire.
Mayas > Belize > Antiquites.
Sel > Industrie > Belize.
Salt > Belize > History.
Mayas > Belize > Antiquities.
Salt industry and trade > Belize.
Belize.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Economies of Maya salt
  • Discovery and mapping underwater
  • Briquetage and the technology of salt production
  • The infrastructure of salt production: wooden architecture
  • Wood selection for the salt kitchens
  • Labor, production, and identity
  • Marketing salt, salted fish, cacao, and marine products
  • Salt: a mover and shaker in ancient Maya society.

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