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An Alternative Order: The Dualistic Economies of the Ancient Maya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Vernon L. Scarborough  and
Fred Valdez Jr.
Vernon L. Scarborough
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 (vernon.scarborough@uc.edu)
Fred Valdez Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 (fredv@mail.utexas.edu)
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Abstract

Harkening back to the debates associated with “dualistic economies” in addressing emerging nation states, we examine aspects of the ancient economy of the lowland Maya. Resource-specialized communities were knit together in a network of interdependencies that allowed high degrees of self-sustaining separation from the large monumental centers about which we know most. The social and biophysical environs of the ancient Maya permitted multiple economic spheres that influenced their political organization and affected their lack of developed hegemonic controls. Evidence is presented from the present-day ecological set aside of the Programme for Belize in northwestern Belize.

Prestando atención a los debates asociados con “economías dualistas” refiriéndose a los estados de naciones emergentes, examinamos aspectos de la economía antigua de los mayas de tierras bajas. Las comunidades especializadas en recursos estaban entretejidas en una red de interdependencias que permitía un alto grado de separación auto-sustentable de los grandes centros monumentales de los cuales sabemos más. El entorno social y biofisico de los antiguos mayas permitió multiples esferas económicas que influenciaron a su organización política y afectaron su falta de controles hegemónicos desarrollados. Se presenta evidencia actual del entorno ecológico al lado de Programme for Belize en el noroeste de Belice.

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Part 2: Themed Section on Mesoamerica
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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 207 - 227
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Copyright © 2009 by the Society for American Archaeology.

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