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Heather McKillop

Maya Salt Works

Heather McKillop

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University Press of Florida
30 April 2019
Archaeology by period & region; Industrial archaeology
Series: Maya Studies
In Maya Salt Works, Heather McKillop details her archaeological team’s groundbreaking discovery of a unique and massive salt production complex submerged in a lagoon in southern Belize. Exploring the organization of production and trade at the Paynes Creek Salt Works, McKillop offers a fascinating new look at the role of salt in the ancient Maya economy.

McKillop maps over 4,042 wooden posts and wedges, the first known wooden structures preserved underwater from the Classic period, describing new methods of underwater archaeology developed specifically for this shallow maritime setting. She explains the technology of salt production, examining fragments of briquetage?the pots that boiled brine over fires in the kitchens. McKillop theorizes that different households operated different salt kitchens and distributed their goods via canoe to sell at marketplaces at nearby inland cities.

By evaluating the scale, concentration, intensity, and context of the Paynes Creek Salt Works, McKillop provides a model for interpreting existing salt works sites as well as future discoveries along the Yucatan Peninsula.

A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.
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Imprint:   University Press of Florida
Country of Publication:   United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 151mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   500g
ISBN:   9780813056333
ISBN 10:   0813056330
Series:   Maya Studies
Pages:   288
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Heather McKillop is the Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University. She is the author of The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives; In Search of Maya Sea Traders; and Salt: White Gold of the Ancient Maya.

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