Dr. Rachel Horowitz, Washington State University

Today, and in the past, economic activities are important ways of
making connections between people. In the Maya area, modern-day
Mexico and northern Central America, economies are less
studied than other aspects of past Maya lifeways. In this talk, I use
recently collected data about stone tool production to provide
information about the Classic period Maya economy (600-900 CE).
This lecture will use a case-study of stone tool producers western
Belize to explore the lives of Classic period Maya stone tool
producers, and how stone tools circulated throughout the economy.