The author directly uses all of the following pieces of evidence to support his argument about the relationship between exotic goods and the power of Maya rulers EXCEPT that Maya rulers used exotic goods to carry out rituals that their subjects expected them to perform used exotic goods to carry out rituals that their subjects expected them to perform A prohibited nobles and priests from wearing certain types of exotic goods reserved for rulers prohibited nobles and priests from wearing certain types of exotic goods reserved for rulers B used exotic goods in royal coronations