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1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps.
This is the only available volume to summarize current knowledge of prehistoric regional exchange in the American Southwest and Mesoamerica. As such, anthropologists and archaeologists will find it a valuable source of important data for comparative analysis of regional systems relative to sociopolitical organization.
Trade and exchange in a historical perspective / Timothy G. Baugh and Jonathon E. Ericson -- The North American Southwest. Exchange systems and social stratification among the Chaco Anasazi / Francis Joan Mathien -- Ceramic perspectives on Northern Anasazi exchange / Eric Blinman and C. Dean Wilson -- The structure and organization of Hohokam exchange / Randall H. McGuire -- Marine shell exchange in Northwest Mexico and the southwest / Ronna J. Bradley -- Mesoamerica. The role of turquoises in the ancient Mesoamerican trade structure / Phil C. Weigand and Garman Harbottle -- Prehispanic exchange relationships among Central Mexico, the Valley of Oaxaca, and the Gulf Coast of Mexico / Robert S. Santley and Christopher A. Pool -- Resources, specialization, and exchange in the Maya lowlands / Patricia A. McAnany.
(cont.) A view from the south : prehistoric exchange in lower Central America / John W. Hoopes -- Changing perspectives on north and middle American exchange systems / Stephen Plog.
edited by Jonathon E. Ericson and Timothy G. Baugh.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology