Jennifer P. Mathews
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Sugarcane and Rum
The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucatán Peninsula
The University of Arizona Press
More than a history of coveted commodities, the unique story that unfolds in John R. Gust and Jennifer P. Mathews’s new historySugarcane and Rum is told through the lens of Maya laborers who worked under brutal conditions on small haciendas to harvest sugarcane and produce rum in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
The Value of Things
Prehistoric to Contemporary Commodities in the Maya Region
Edited by Jennifer P. Mathews and Thomas H. Guderjan
The University of Arizona Press
The Value of Things examines the social and ritual value of commodities in Mesoamerica, providing a new and dynamic temporal view of the roles of trade of commodities and elite goods from the prehistoric Maya to the present. Well-known scholars examine the value of specific commodities in a broad time frame—from prehistoric, colonial, and historic times to the present.
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The Chewing Gum of the Americas, From the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley
The University of Arizona Press
Lifeways in the Northern Maya Lowlands
New Approaches to Archaeology in the Yucatán Peninsula
Edited by Jennifer P. Mathews and Bethany A. Morrison
The University of Arizona Press
Quintana Roo Archaeology
Edited by Justine M. Shaw and Jennifer P. Mathews
The University of Arizona Press
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