Date of Award
1995
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Kennedy, William J.
Abstract
A model establishes the cultural processes by which Yaxchilan became a major Lowland Maya mercantile center. The iconography and inscriptions are first examined to show that the political organization represented an epiphenomenal cultural process in Yaxchilan's florescene. The mercantile model based on known facts, examines many components relevant to the development of Yaxchilan's economic organization, namely, location, topography, climate, transportation systems, the Polanyi Port of Trade model, trade goods and their movement, socioeconomic organization, unprecedented site improvements, Maya trade networks and ideology. Areas for future study are articulated.
Extent
129 p.
Recommended Citation
Paddock, Peter Bulkey, "cultural dynamics of mercantilism at Yaxchilan" (1995). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 734.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/734
Identifier
FADT15151
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters