Cacao, vanilla and annatto: Three production and exchange systems in the Southern Maya lowlands, XVI-XVII centuries

Journal of Latin American Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 29-52

  Caso Barrera, Laura ^a   Aliphat Fernández, Mario ^a  

^a Campus Puebla ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Annatto; Cacao; Chocolate; Itz Maya; Lacand n; Manch Chol; Southern Maya lowlands; Trading systems; Vanilla

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FARMING SYSTEM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PLANTATION;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 33751373776     PISSN: 15452476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lag.2006.0015     Document Type: Article

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