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Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange
Michael D. Glascock, ed.
ISBN: 0-89789-869-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-869-0
296 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2002
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Studies of prehistoric exchange of goods provide information about the types of economic interaction, social organization, or political structures in which prehistoric peoples were engaged. Long-distance exchange is a special situation where the materials exchanged crossed significant boundaries, whether they were geographic, social, political, or otherwise. By examining the types and quantities of goods exchanged, along with the directions and distances they moved, archaeologists are able to examine the dynamic properties of exchange systems, i.e., how they operate and why they undergo change.

The purpose of this volume is to present a number of case studies of long-distance exchange from around the world which demonstrate the use of geochemical analysis of artifacts to find evidence of exchange. More important than the use of analytical technique employed or the types of artifacts studied are the interpretations themselves which illustrate that exchange studies are maturing and helping archaeologists to develop more accurate models of exchange.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange by Michael D. Glascock
    Indigena Ware: Spain to Valley of Mexico by Enrique Rodriquez-Alegria
    The Emergence of market Economies in the Ancient Maya World: Obsidian Exchange in Terminal Classic Yucatan, Mexico by Geoffrey E. Braswell and Michael D. Glascock
    More than Exchange: Pre-Ceramic through Ceramic Period Obsidian Studies in the Greater North American Southwest by M. Steven Shackley
    Archaeological Evidence for the Long-Distance Exchange of Caddo Indian Ceramics in the Southern Plains, Midwest, and Southeastern United States by Timothy K. Perttula
    Production and Long-Distance Movement of Chupadero Black-on-White Pottery in New Mexico and Texas by Darrell G. Creel, Tiffany C. Clark, and Hector Neff
    Exploring the Landscapes of Long-Distance Exchange: Evidence from Obsidian Cliffs and Devils Tower, Wyoming by Brian Leigh Molyneaux
    From Loess Plains to High Plains: The Westward Movement of Upper Republican Pots by Anne M. Cobry and Donna C. Roper
    Long-Distance Obsidian Traffic in Northwestern Argentina by Hugo D. Yacobaccio, Patricia S. Escola, Marisa Lazzari, and Fernando X. Pereyra
    A Geochemical Vector for Trade: Cyprus, Asia Minor, and the Roman East by Danielle A. Parks and Hector Neff
    XRF Analysis of Pottery from Mutokolwe, a Khami Settlement from the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa by Leon Jacobson, Warren S. Fish, and Willem A. van der Westhuizen
    Yapese Prestige Goods: The INAA Evidence for an Asian Dragon Jar by Christophe Descantes, Hector Neff, and Michael D. Glascock
    Centrality and the Collapse of Long-Distance Voyaging in East Polynesia by Marshall I. Weisler
    Index
    About the Editor and Contributors
About the Author: MICHAEL D. GLASCOCK, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader at the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center.
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