The American Southwest and Mesoamerica : systems of prehistoric exchange
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The American Southwest and Mesoamerica : systems of prehistoric exchange
(Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology)
Plenum Press, c1993
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Regional approaches to the study of prehistoric exchange have generated much new knowledge about intergroup and regional interaction. The American South west and Mesoamerica: Systems of Prehistoric Exchange is the first of two volumes that seek to provide current information regarding regional exchange on a conti nental basis. From a theoretical perspective, these volumes provide important data for the comparative analysis of regional systems relative to sociopolitical organization from simple hunter-gatherers to those of complex sociopolitical entities like the state. Although individual regional exchange systems are unique for each region and time period, general patterns emerge relative to sOciopolitical organization. Of significant interest to us are the dynamic processes of change, stability, rate of growth, and collapse of regional exchange systems relative to sociopolitical complexity. These volumes provide basic data to further our under standing of prehistoric exchange systems. The volume presents our current state of knowledge about regional exchange systems in the American Southwest and Mesoamerica. Each chapter synthesizes the research findings of a number of other researchers in order to provide a synchronic view of regional interaction for a specific chronological period. A diachronic view is also prOvided for regional interaction in the context of the developments in regional SOciopolitical organization. Most authors go beyond description by proposing alternative models within which to understand regional interaction. The book is organized by geographical and chronological divisions to pro vide units of the broader mosaic of prehistoric exchange systems.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Trade and Exchange in Historical Perspective
- T.G. Baugh, J.E. Ericson. The North American Southwest: Trade Networks and Exchange Systems of the Anasazi
- J.F. Mathien. Ceramic Perspectives on Northern Anasazi Exchange
- E. Blinman, C.D. Wilson. The Structure and Organization of Hohokam Exchange
- R.H. McGuire. Marine Shell Ornament Production at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
- R.J. Bradley. Mesoamerica: The Role of Turquoises in the Ancient Mesoamerican Trade Structure
- P.C. Weigand, G. Harbottle. Prehistoric Exchange Relationships between Central Mexico, Oaxaca, and the Gulf Coast
- R.S. Santley, C.A. Pool. Prehistoric Trade in the Mayan Region
- P. McAnany. A View from the South
- J.W. Hoopes. Comments on Prehistoric Exchange Systems in the American Southwest and Mesoamerica
- S. Plog. Index.
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