"This concise and information-rich study focuses on the importance of salt and its associated trade networks in the Maya area. . . . This work will surely be a

This book includes evaluation of the economics of salt production and trade from analyses of the spatial patterning of wooden buildings and associated artifacts

"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

Jade, stone tools, honey and wax, ceramics, rum, land. What gave these commodities value in the Maya world, and how were those values determined? What factors i

In this revised and updated 1993 edition the authors synthesize recent research to provide a comprehensive survey of Mesoamerica.