@inbook {, title = {Praise the gods and pass the obsidian?: The organization of ancient economy in San Marti?n Jilotepeque, Guatemala}, booktitle = {Ancient Maya political economies}, year = {2002}, note = {edited by Marilyn A. Masson, David A. Freidelill., maps ; 23 cmThe nouveau elite potlatch: one scenario for the monumental rise of early civilizations / William L. Rathje -- The origins of Maya civilization: the old shell game, commodity, treasure, and kingship / David A. Freidel, Kathryn Reese-Taylor and David Mora-Mar{\'\i}n -- The passage of the late preclassic into the early classic / Kathryn Reese-Taylor and Debra S. Walker -- Praise the ajaw and pass the Kakaw: Xibun Maya and the political economy of Cacao / Patricia A. McAnany ... [et al.] -- Ceramic exchange in the late classic and postclassic Maya lowlands: a diachronic approach / Georgia West -- Dynamics of regional integration in northwestern Belize / Lauren A. Sullivan -- At the crossroads: the economic basis of political power in the Petexbatun region / Antonia E. Foias -- Modes of exchange and regional patterns: Chunchucmil, Yucatan / Bruce H. Dahlin and Traci Ardren -- Praise the gods and pass the obsidian?: the organization of ancient economy in San Mart{\'\i}n Jilotepeque, Guatemala / Geoffrey E. Braswell -- New perspectives on the prehispanic Maya salt trade / Anthony P. Andrews and Shirley B. Mock -- Community economy and the mercantile transformation in postclassic northeastern Belize / Marilyn A. Masson -- In praise of garbage: historical archaeology, households, and the Maya political economy / Craig A. Hanson}, pages = {285-306}, publisher = {AltaMira Press}, organization = {AltaMira Press}, address = {Walnut Creek, CA}, keywords = {Central America Antiquities, Mayas Antiquities, Mayas Economic conditions, Mayas Politics and government, Mexico Antiquities}, isbn = {0759100802 (hardback alk}, author = {Braswell, Geoffrey E.}, editor = {Masson, Marilyn A. and Freidel, David A.} }