Water, Cacao, And The Early Maya Of Chocolß (Maya Studies)

In describing what was, in effect, a lost Maya city, the book highlights the many important research findings to date of long-term field research at the city, including a very early, yet extraordinarily sophisticated ancient water control system, and evidence for cacao arboriculture, to explain its rise to wealth and power as a "kingdom of chocolate"; also detailed are the ancient city's sculpture and ceramics and the ethnohistory of the modern Maya community lying atop it.

• | Author: Jonathan Kaplan, Federico Paredes-Uma±a, Diane Z. Chase
• | Publisher: University Press Of Florida
• | Publication Date: Jun 26, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 524 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0813056748
• | ISBN-13: 9780813056746