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It's interesting to find information that you wouldn't think of as an attachment to social complexity, such as storage. I found an article that describes storage as a situated practice through which groups create culture, identity, and the control of knowledge as a "moral economy." There have also been case studies presented on the storage and maintenance of water within the Maya society. here is a possibility that storage (any type including those used in offerings, burials, and caches) could have been related to, and help us understand the social interaction and moral authority within a culture. According to the second article about water, there seems to be a significance between water maintenance and the controlling elite. Locations of where daily activities and storage units are located also raise the question of the significance of mutual and differential knowledge in social relations. Also, the locations of "mundane" activities and the form of buildings, and even the disposal of trash may help us interpret a symbolic meaning and social construct. Storage can greatly attribute to a complex relationship between humans and interactions within their world and how they inhabit it. The controlled use and maintenance of water typifies the Maya social and economical standards. The Maya uses this control to reach into the base of social structure to turn a routine behavior into something more extraordinary. This reinforces the importance of understanding the root of society and how it functions and controls.

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