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Water, Cacao, and the Early Maya of Chocola' /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Kaplan, Jonathan H., 1947- (Auteur), Paredes-Umaña, Federico (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953- (writer of foreword.), Chase, Diane Z. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2018.
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Résumé: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
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxvii, 494 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781608332052
1608332055
9780813052205
0813052203