by Heather McKillop (Author)
"An excellent, highly informative book. The data and interpretations in this pathbreaking volume on pre-Columbian Maya salt manufacture and trade should appeal to a wide range of audiences."--Jeremy A. Sabloff, author of Archaeology Matters: Action Archaeology in the Modern World "The discovery of coastal salt production sites opens a new and nuanced window into the complexity of ancient Maya economics. McKillop's methodological innovations create new opportunities for discovery along the entirety of the Central American coasts."--Thomas H. Guderjan, coeditor of The Value of Things: Prehistoric to Contemporary Commodities in the Maya Region A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase