Pine, prestige and politics of the Late Classic Maya at Xunantunich, Belize.(Research) Export

@misc{RefWorks:38, abstract = {Comparing the source of a commodity with the social levels of the people amongst whom it is found can reveal important aspects of social structure. This case study of a Maya community, using archaeological and ethnographic data, shows that pine and pine charcoal was procured at a distance and distributed unevenly in settlements. The researchers deduce that this commodity was not freely available in the marketplace, but was subject to political control. Keywords: Maya, pine, paleoethnobotany, exchange, political economy, Belize}, author = {Lentz, David L. and Yaeger, Jason and Robin, Cynthia and Ashmore, Wendy}, citeulike-article-id = {2435175}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=EAIM&docId=A137718811&source=gale&srcprod=EAIM&userGroupName=ucsandiego&version=1.0}, comment = {TY: MAGZ; RP: Not in File}, journal = {Antiquity}, keywords = {anthropology\_research, antiquities\_materials, antiquities\_research, archaeology\_research, belize\_history, belize\_international, history, international, materials, research, trade}, month = {September/0January}, number = {305}, posted-at = {2008-02-27 09:56:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Pine, prestige and politics of the Late Classic Maya at Xunantunich, Belize.(Research)}, url = {http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=EAIM&docId=A137718811&source=gale&srcprod=EAIM&userGroupName=ucsandiego&version=1.0}, volume = {79}, year = {2005} }

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