Title Water, Cacao, and the Early Maya of Chocola' / Jonathan Kaplan and Federico Paredes Umaña ; Foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 494 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents List of tables -- Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction and historical context -- Physical environment and cultural ecology -- Ethnohistory and history of the Southern Maya region, Suchitepequez, and Chocolá -- Archaeological operations in mounds, plazas and features -- The ceramics of Chocolá -- The monuments of Chocolá, and nearby -- Materialist factors: water and cacao at Chocolá -- Conclusions Summary In describing what was, in effect, a lost Maya city, the book highlights the many important research findings to date of long-term field research at the city, including a very early, yet extraordinarily sophisticated ancient water control system, and evidence for cacao arboriculture, to explain its rise to wealth and power as a "kingdom of chocolate"; also detailed are the ancient city's sculpture and ceramics and the ethnohistory of the modern Maya community lying atop it Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Chocolate -- Guatemala -- Suchitepéquez -- History Archaeology -- Guatemala -- Suchitepéquez Water-supply -- Guatemala -- Suchitepéquez -- History Mayas -- Guatemala -- Suchitepéquez -- History HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Antiquities Archaeology Chocolate Mayas Water-supply SUBJECT Suchitepéquez (Guatemala) -- Antiquities Suchitepéquez (Guatemala) -- History Subject Guatemala -- Suchitepéquez Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953- writer of foreword. Chase, Diane Z., writer of foreword Paredes-Umaña, Federico, author. ISBN 9781608332052 1608332055 9780813052205 0813052203

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