Maya Salt Works

“An excellent, highly informative book. The data and interpretations in this pathbreaking volume on pre-Columbian Maya salt manufacture and trade should appeal to a wide range of audiences.”—Jeremy A. Sabloff, author of Archaeology Matters: Action Archaeology in the Modern World



“The discovery of coastal salt production sites opens a new and nuanced window into the complexity of ancient Maya economics. McKillop’s methodological innovations create new opportunities for discovery along the entirety of the Central American coasts.”—Thomas H. Guderjan, coeditor of The Value of Things: Prehistoric to Contemporary Commodities in the Maya Region