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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Hauptverfasser: Kaplan, Jonathan H., 1947- (VerfasserIn), Paredes-Umaña, Federico (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2018.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxvii, 494 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781608332052
1608332055
9780813052205
0813052203

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