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Ancestral Maya economies in archaeological perspective / Patricia A. McAnany

Catalog Data

Author:
McAnany, Patricia Ann  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 373 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Central America
Date:
2010
To 500
Contents:
The materiality of practice in ancestral Maya economies -- Situating Maya societies in space and time -- Feeding a hungry landscape -- Gendered labor and socially constructed space -- Ritual works : monumental architecture and generative schemes of power -- Naturalized authority of the royal court -- Social identity and daily practice of artisan production -- Places, practices, and people of commerce -- Flowery speech of Maya tributary arrangements -- Skeining the threads
Topic:
Mayas--Economic conditions  Search this
Mayas--Antiquities  Search this
Economic history  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_947241