Salt
Subtitle: white gold of the ancient Maya
By: Heather McKillop.
Series: Maya studies
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Mayas -- Belize -- Economic conditions; Salt industry and trade -- Belize; Mayas -- Belize -- Antiquities; Mayas -- Commerce; Belize -- Antiquities
Description: "In Salt: White Gold of the Ancient Maya, Heather McKillop reports the discovery, excavation, and interpretation of Late Classic Maya salt works on the coast of Belize, transforming our knowledge of the Maya salt trade and craft specialization while providing new insights on sea-level rise in the Late Holocene as well."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: Salt as a Maya trade good; title: The Punta Ycacos salt works: a new source of salt for the late classic Maya; title: Salt-production equipment; title: The organization of salt production: occupational specialization among the late classic Maya; title: Salt production and sea-level rise; title: Salt production, trade, and late classic Maya society.