Finds in Belize document Late Classic Maya salt making and canoe transport.
Finds in Belize document Late Classic Maya salt making and canoe transport.
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在伯利兹文献中发现了晚期经典玛雅制盐和独木舟运输。
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.0408486102
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
H. McKillop
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作者：
H. McKillop
前工业化古代文明中的人们如何生产和分配大量城市人口日常所需的大宗物品，例如盐？本报告重点关注古代玛雅人，他们在墨西哥、伯利兹和危地马拉的尤卡坦半岛内陆城市获取了大量的盐，这些地区是盐匮乏的地区。我报告在伯利兹南海岸的 Punta Ycacos 泻湖发现了 41 个晚期经典玛雅盐场（公元 600-900 年），其中一个拥有第一个已知的古代玛雅独木舟桨。这些发现为评估玛雅低地南部晚期古典文明鼎盛时期剩余盐生产和河流运输的程度提供了重要的经验信息。盐场的发现表明，在尤卡坦半岛内陆城市以外，曾有过广泛的商品和资源生产和分配。在蓬塔伊卡科斯 (Punta Ycacos) 盐场 Ka'k' Naab' 中发现的木制独木舟桨，将盐的生产与其通过河流的内陆运输联系起来，并记录了古典时期晚期沿海和内陆之间独木舟贸易的重要性。伯利兹海岸多个盐场的考古发现表明，在古典时期晚期高峰期，盐产量过剩，主要运往内陆佩滕玛雅人，强调了前工业社会中非国家控制的作坊生产的重要性。
How did people in preIndustrial ancient civilizations produce and distribute bulk items, such as salt, needed for everyday use by their large urban populations? This report focuses on the ancient Maya who obtained quantities of salt at cities in the interior of the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala in an area where salt is scarce. I report the discovery of 41 Late Classic Maya saltworks (anno Domini 600-900) in Punta Ycacos Lagoon on the south coast of Belize, including one with the first-known ancient Maya canoe paddle. The discoveries add important empirical information for evaluating the extent of surplus salt production and river transport during the height of Late Classic civilization in the southern Maya lowlands. The discovery of the saltworks indicates that there was extensive production and distribution of goods and resources outside the cities in the interior of the Yucatan. The discovery of a wooden canoe paddle from one of the Punta Ycacos saltworks, Ka'k' Naab', ties the production of salt to its inland transport by rivers and documents the importance of canoe trade between the coast and the interior during the Late Classic. Archaeological discovery of multiple saltworks on the Belizean coast represents surplus production of salt destined largely for the inland Peten Maya during their Late Classic peak, underscoring the importance of non-state-controlled workshop production in preIndustrial societies.