Archaeological approaches to market exchange in ancient societies

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

"Market activities were central to the economies of many ancient societies, yet they have received little research from the archacological community. Arcaeological Approaches to Market Exchange in Ancient Societies is the first book to address the development, change, and organizational complex...

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Corporate Author: Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting
Other Authors: Garraty, Christopher P., 1971- (Editor), Stark, Barbara L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2010.
Subjects:
Commerce, Prehistoric > Congresses.
Economics, Prehistoric > Congresses.
Indians > Commerce > Congresses.
Markets > History > Congresses.
Exchange > History > Congresses.
Civilization, Ancient > Congresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
Civilization, Ancient
Commerce, Prehistoric
Economics, Prehistoric
Exchange
Indians > Commerce
Markets
Conference papers and proceedings
History
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Table of 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
  • 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 casual 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.

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