The travels of Maya merchants in the ninth and tenth centuries ad: Investigations at Xuenkal and the Greater Cupul Province, Yucatan, Mexico

World Archaeology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 428-443

  Ardren, Traci ^a   Lowry, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chichen Itza; Exchange; Landscape; Maya; Traders; Xuenkal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLASSIC PERIOD; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GOODS EXCHANGE; OBSIDIAN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SHELL; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN ECONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

EID: 84855659219     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2011.607613     Document Type: Article

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