Archaeological approaches to market exchange in ancient societies / edited by Christopher P. Garraty and Barbara L. Stark.

Contents Theoretical and methodological overviews. Investigating market exchange in ancient societies : a theoretical review / Christopher P. Garraty ; Detecting marketplace exchange in archaeology : a methodological review / Barbara L. Stark and Christopher P. Garraty -- Case studies. The rise and demise of marketplace exchange among the prehistoric Hohokam of Arizona / David R. Abbott ; A multiscalar perspective on market exchange in the classic-period Valley of Oaxaca / Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas ; Origins and development of Mesoamerican marketplaces : evidence from South-central Veracruz, Mexico / Barbara L. Stark and Alanna Ossa ; The rise and fall of market exchage : a dynamic approach to ancient Maya economy / Geoffrey E. Brasswell ; Housing the market : Swahili merchants and regional marketing on the East African coast, seventh to sixteenth centuries AD / Jeffrey B. Fleisher ; Regional and local market systems in Aztec-period morelos / Michael E. Smith -- Comparative contributions. Labor taxes, market systems, and urbanization in the prehispanic Andes : a comparative perspective / Charles Stanish ; Evaluating causal factors in market development in premodern states : a comparative study, with critical comments on the history of ideas about markets / Richard E. Blanton and Lane F. Fargher ; Finding the mark in the marketplace : the organization, development, and archaeological identifications of market systems / Kenneth G. Hirsh.
General noteOutgrowth of a symposium at the 72nd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held in Austin, Tex., April 2007, with additional contributions. Cf. pref.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-311) and index.
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ISBN9781607320289 (cloth : alk. paper)
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