Maya Salt Works

by Heather McKillop

In Maya Salt Works, Heather McKillop details her archaeological team's groundbreaking discovery of a unique and massive salt production complex submerged in a lagoon in southern Belize. Exploring the organization of production and trade at the Paynes Creek Salt Works, McKillop offers a fascinating new look at the role of salt in the ancient Maya economy. McKillop maps over 4,042 wooden posts and wedges, the first known wooden structures preserved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813056330
• ISBN13: 9780813056333
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"