The life-giving stone
Subtitle: ethnoarchaeology of Maya metates
By: Michael T. Searcy
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780816529094
Subjects: Implements; Industries; Metates; Mayas; Social life and customs; Metate industry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-164) and index.
Table of contents: title: The cultural landscape of the highland Maya of Guatemala; title: Modern metate production; title: Modern patterns of acquisition, use, discard, and reuse; title: Archaeological implications.