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Author Searcy, Michael T. (Michael Taylor), 1976-

Title The life-giving stone : ethnoarchaeology of Maya metates / Michael T. Searcy
Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction -- The cultural landscape of the highland Maya of Guatemala -- Modern metate production -- Modern patterns of acquisition, use, discard, and reuse -- Archaeological implications
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Mayas -- Implements -- Guatemala -- San Luis Jilotepeque
Mayas -- Implements -- Guatemala -- Ixtahuacán
Mayas -- Guatemala -- San Luis Jilotepeque -- Industries
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Ixtahuacán -- Industries
Metates.
Metate industry -- Guatemala -- San Luis Jilotepeque
Metate industry -- Guatemala -- Ixtahuacán
metates.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Manners and customs
Mayas -- Implements
Mayas
Metate industry
Metates
SUBJECT San Luis Jilotepeque (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs
Ixtahuacán (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs
Subject Guatemala -- Ixtahuacán
Guatemala -- San Luis Jilotepeque
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010046947
ISBN 9780816501267
0816501262