Salt played an important role in the Maya economy as a storable commodity, a biological necessity, and a useful means of drying fish and meat. Join Heather McKillop as she discusses the discovery, mapping and study of the Paynes Creek Salt Works--where the coastal Maya of southern Belize produced massive quantities of salt for the inland Maya at nearby Classic period cities, between about A.D. 300 and 900. 

Heather McKillop is the Doris Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Studies in the Dept of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

Salt played an important role in the Maya economy as a storable commodity, a biological necessity, and a useful means of drying fish and meat. Join Heather McKillop as she discusses the discovery, mapping and study of the Paynes Creek Salt Works--where the coastal Maya of southern Belize produced massive quantities of salt for the inland Maya at nearby Classic period cities, between about A.D. 300 and 900. 

Heather McKillop is the Doris Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Studies in the Dept of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.