Heather McKillop is an archaeologist who's done fieldwork in Southern Belize. I've recently read her article (link below) on the discovery of 41 Late Classic Maya (AD 600 - 900)saltworks in the Punta Ycacos Lagoon. Pottery fragments on the seabed indicated saltworks in wooden buildings. The pottery jars were used to boil seawater to produce saltcakes, most likely for trade. At one site they also found a well preserved (in peat) canoe paddle, which indicates trade using canoes. The shape of the paddle matches those in ancient Maya art, incised on bone found in a temple in Tikal.
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