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The farming community of Chan thrived for over twenty centuries, surpassing the longevity of many larger Maya urban centers. Between 800 BC and 1200 AD it was a major food production center, and this collection of essays reveals the important role played by Maya farmers in the d…
Chan: an ancient Maya farming community
by ebrary, Inc, Robin, Cynthia
fromMaya studies
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Type: Book
This study examines the 2000-year history (ca. 800 B.C. - A.D. 1200) of the ancient Maya farming community of Chan in Belize, which flourished for two millennia while the fortunes of nearby Maya civic centres waxed and waned. Given that 2000 years is a long time, this book exami…
Chan: an ancient Maya farming community
by ProQuest (Firm), Robin, Cynthia
fromMaya studies
0
Type: Book
The farming community of Chan thrived for over twenty centuries, surpassing the longevity of many larger Maya urban centers. Between 800 BC and 1200 AD it was a major food production center, and this collection of essays reveals the important role played by Maya farmers in the d…
While the study of ancient civilizations has often focused on holy temples and royal tombs, a substantial part of the archaeological record remains hidden in the understudied day-to-day lives of artisans, farmers, hunters, and other ordinary people of the ancient world. The vari…
Examining the two-thousand-year history (800 B.C.-A.D. 1200) of the ancient farming community of Chan in Belize, Cynthia Robin's groundbreaking work explains why the average person should matter to archaeologists studying larger societal patterns. Robin argues that the impact of…
While the study of ancient civilizations has often focused on holy temples and royal tombs, a substantial part of the archaeological record remains hidden in the understudied day-to-day lives of artisans, farmers, hunters, and other ordinary people of the ancient world. The vari…
Examining the two-thousand-year history (800 B.C.-A.D. 1200) of the ancient farming community of Chan in Belize, this work explains why the average person should matter to archaeologists studying larger societal patterns. The author argues that the impact of the mundane can be s…
While the study of ancient civilizations has often focused on holy temples and royal tombs, a substantial part of the archaeological record remains hidden in the understudied day-to-day lives of artisans, farmers, hunters, and other ordinary people of the ancient world. The vari…