Ahead of its time?: The remarkable early classic maya economy of chunchucmil

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-367

  Dahlin, Bruce H ^a  

^a SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classic lowland Maya archaeology; Interdisciplinary studies in environmental archaeology; Long distance maritime trade; Pre Hispanic economic complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350048019     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605309338424     Document Type: Article

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