Trade and Exchange

Archaeological Studies from History and Prehistory

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Discoveries of the sources of alien objects surpass archaeological expectations of exchange and geographic distance, revealing important technological advances.With thirteen case studies from around the world, this comprehensive work provides a fresh perspective on material culture studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-12-17
Mått:155 x 235 x 29 mm
Vikt:485 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:227
Upplaga:2010
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781441910714

Utforska kategorier

Arkeologi inom Historia och arkeologi
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Perspectives on Trade and Exchange.- Prehistoric Exchange.- Long-Distance Exchange of Obsidian in the mid-Atlantic United States.- Ulua Marble Vases Abroad: Contextualizing Social Networks Between the Maya World and Lower Central America.- Exotic Goods, Chivay Obsidian, and Sociopolitical Change in the South-Central Andes.- The Supply of Stone to the City of Rome: A Case Study of the Transport of Anician Building Stone and Millstone from the Santa Trinità Quarry (Orvieto).- Interaction and Exchange Across the Transition to Pastoralism, Lake Turkana, Kenya.- Historic Exchange.- “Beholden to Foreign Countries”: Trade and Clothing in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.- The Precarious “Middle Ground”: Exchange and the Reconfiguration of Social Identity in the Hawaiian Kingdom.- Foreign Objects With Domestic Meanings: The Feast of Lanterns and the Point Alones Village.- What if the Local is Exotic and the Imported Mundane?.- When the Foreign is not Exotic: Ceramics at Colorado’s WWII Japanese Internment Camp.- Discussion.- The Exotic in Daily Life: Trade and Exchange in Historical Archaeology.- Exchange Systems in Prehistory.