Possible Social Factors in the Exchange System of the Prehistoric Maya

1 October 1973

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity

Vol. 38 (4) , 486-489
https://doi.org/10.2307/279155

Abstract

Previous discussions of the exchange system of the prehistoric Maya have been based on the assumption that their uniform environment prevented inter-group exchange of local resources. The validity of this assumption is questioned and the stability of primitive exchange systems is examined.

Keywords

PREHISTORIC MAYA
EXCHANGE SYSTEM
ENVIRONMENT PREVENTED
UNIFORM ENVIRONMENT
PRIMITIVE EXCHANGE
PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS
SOCIAL FACTORS
PREVENTED INTER

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