Chan [electronic resource] : an ancient Maya farming community / edited by Cynthia Robin ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.
Robin, Cynthia.
2012
F1435.3.A37 C43 2012eb
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Title Chan [electronic resource] : an ancient Maya farming community / edited by Cynthia Robin ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.
ISBN 9780813043517 (electronic book)
9780813039831
Publication Details Gainesville [Fla.] : University Press of Florida, c2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xix, 392 p.) : ill.
Call Number F1435.3.A37 C43 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 972.81
Summary The farming community of Chan thrived for over twenty centuries, surpassing the longevity of many larger Maya urban centers. Between 800 BC and 1200 AD it was a major food production center, and this collection of essays reveals the important role played by Maya farmers in the development of ancient Maya society. Chan offers a synthesis of compelling and groundbreaking discoveries gathered over ten years of research at this one archaeological site in Belize. The contributors develop three central themes, which structure the book.
Note "This volume is based on a 2008 Society for American Archaeology session on Chan in Vancouver, Canada"--Acknowledgments.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-382) and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Robin, Cynthia.
Series Maya studies
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Introducing the Chan site : farmers in complex societies / Cynthia Robin
pt.1. Time, space, and landscapes. A changing cultural landscape : settlement survey and GIS at Chan / Cynthia Robin, Andrew R. Wyatt, Laura J. Kosakowsky, Santiago Juarez, Ethan Kalosky, Elise Enterkin ; Ceramics and chronology at Chan / Laura J. Kosakowsky ; Agricultural practices at Chan : farming and political economy in an ancient Maya community / Andrew R. Wyatt ; Agroforestry and agricultural production of the ancient Maya at Chan / David Lentz, Sally Woods, Angela Hood, Marcus Murph
pt. 2. Life in a farming community center. Ritual in a farming community / Cynthia Robin, James Meierhoff, Caleb Kestle, Chelsea Blackmore, Laura J. Kosakowsky, Anna C. Novotny ; Nonroyal governance at Chan's community center / Cynthia Robin, James Meierhoff, Laura J. Kosakowsky ; "Empty" spaces and public places : a microscopic view of Chan's late classic West Plaza / Bernadette Cap
pt. 3. Diversity across the Chan community. Recognizing difference in small-scale settings : an examination of social identity formation at the Northeast Group, Chan / Chelsea Blackmore ; Organization of chert tool economy during the late and terminal classic periods at Chan : preliminary thoughts based upon debitage analyses / Nicholas F. Hearth ; Limestone quarrying and househould organization at Chan / Caleb Kestle
pt. 4. Bodies, material culture, and meaning. The Chan community : a bioarchaeological perspective / Anna C. Novotny ; Creating community with shell / Angela H. Keller ; Obsidian acquisition, trade, and regional interaction at Chan / James Meierhoff, Mark Golitko, James D. Morris ; Contextualizing ritual behavior : caches, burials, and problematical deposits from Chan's community center / Laura J. Kosakowsky, Anna C. Novotny, Angela H. Keller, Nicholas F. Hearth, Carmen Ting
pt. 5. Conclusion. Learning from an ancient Maya farming community / Cynthia Robin.

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