The storage of abundant foodstuffs or items is a central element of all economies, but strangely remains a rare topic in the field of ancient Maya anthropological archaeology. This paper aims to fill this lacuna by proposing a middle-range theory of ancient Maya storage architecture. This theoretical framework is built on extensive empirical data derived from ethnographical, ethnohistorical, and archaeological literatures. This middle-range model is then applied to the Later Classic (700–900 CE) regal palace of La Corona, Guatemala where five distinct, yet complementary storage contexts are identified on archaeological and geoarchaeological grounds. The storerooms, storehouses, and warehouse found in this royal household were used to store distinct foodstuffs, commodities, administrative tools, taxes and tribute, ceremonial paraphernalia, and prestige items. These complementary architectural contexts are arranged along a pragmatic operational chain, where they occupy ineluctable positions. In this paper, I show that placing storage at the center of ancient Maya economic inquiry – be it for household or political economies – is not only possible, but necessary and productive.

储存丰富的食品或物品是所有经济体的核心要素，但奇怪的是在古代玛雅人类考古学领域仍然是一个罕见的话题。本文旨在通过提出古代玛雅存储架构的中档理论来填补这一空白。这一理论框架建立在来自民族志、民族历史和考古学文献的大量经验数据之上。然后将这种中档模型应用于危地马拉拉科罗纳的后来的经典（公元 700-900 年）皇家宫殿，在考古和地质考古学的基础上确定了五个不同但互补的存储环境。在这个王室发现的储藏室、仓库和仓库被用来储存不同的食品、商品、行政工具、税收和贡品、礼仪用具、和声望物品。这些互补的建筑语境沿着一个实用的操作链排列，它们占据着不可避免的位置。在本文中，我表明将存储置于古代玛雅经济调查的中心——无论是家庭经济还是政治经济——不仅是可能的，而且是必要的和富有成效的。