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Ancient Mayan Entrepreneurs

April 6, 2005 10:13 AM by Mark Thornton | Other posts by Mark Thornton | Comments (3)

Take this with a pinch. No government required for salt production.

Comments (3)

  • Andy D

  • You're right. Production without government really IS history!!

  • Published: April 6, 2005 11:28 AM

  • spencer

  • Wonder why the halt in the production of salt coincided with the depopulation of the large cities. You think government or lack of government might have been a factor in both.

  • Published: April 6, 2005 3:10 PM

  • arielb

  • "To me the exciting thing is that, in addition to the paddle ... these saltworks that we have found in the lagoon indicate the importance of non-state-controlled production in pre-industrial societies," said Heather McKillop of the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, who led the study.

    aha! but you needed a researcher from a state university to make that insight!

  • Published: April 8, 2005 2:49 PM

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