Markets are key contemporary institutions, yet there is little agreement concerning their
history or diversity. To complicate matters, markets have been considered by different …

This final chapter situates Classic Maya burials within the greater landscape of Maya
communities and kingdoms. As is true of most lineage-organized societies, ancestors …

This article examines the social construction and experience of everyday life in one socially
salient place, the late Classic Maya farm-steads of Chan Nòohol, Belize. Men, women and …

Over the past two decades, household studies have coalesced into a recognized subfield
within archaeology. Despite this relatively short history, household archaeologists are now …

The early years of missionary activity in New Spain (which includes modern Mexico and
Central America) witnessed a complex blending of European and indigenous performance …

This paper argues for the importance of complex market exchange in the Maya area prior to
the so-called Postclassic “mercantile” period. We suggest that market exchange was …

Here I discuss two sites, Copán and Calakmul, long associated with regional state models; I
also offer a brief overview of Palenque, Caracol, and the Petexbatún region in the context of …

Textiles in ancient Mesoamerica served as a critical economic resource and symbolic
display of status, wealth, and social affiliation. The economic significance of textiles can be …

Theoretical frames for modeling prehispanic Mesoamerican economies have been informed
mostly by political economy or agency approaches. Political economy models examine the …

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