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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Auteurs principaux: | , |
Autres auteurs: | , |
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2018.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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 |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 494 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781608332052 1608332055 9780813052205 0813052203 |