The American Southwest and Mesoamerica : systems of prehistoric exchange /

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 sociopoli...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ericson, Jonathon E., Baugh, Timothy G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1993]
Series:Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.