Maya Salt Works
“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
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
Heather McKillop is Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University. She is the author of The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives; In Search of Maya Sea Traders; and Salt: White Gold of the Ancient Maya.
