Water, cacao, and the early Maya of Chocolá /
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 r...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
[2018]
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| Series: | Maya studies.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | xxvii, 494 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813056746 0813056748 |