Economic organization and settlement hierarchies : ceramic production and exchange among the Hohokam / Karen Harry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harry, Karen G. (Karen Gayle)

Series:

Scientific archaeology for the Third Millennium 1529-4439

Scientific archaeology for the Third Millennium, 1529-4439

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hohokam culture.

Hohokam pottery.

Indians of North America--Commerce--Arizona.

Indians of North America.

Social archaeology.

Indians of North America--Commerce.

Arizona.

Physical Description:

x, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Summary:

Investigates the organization of ceramic production, distribution, and consumption in two prehistoric settlement communities of the American Southwest.

Contents:

3 Modeling the Economic Organization of Multi-Site Communities 23

4 Mineralogical Analyses 43

5 Chemical Analyses 59

6 Patterns of Ceramic Production, Distribution, and Consumption in the Study Region 79

7 Understanding Settlement Communities 115

Appendix 1 Petrographic and Qualitative Analysis / James M. Heidke, Michael K. Wiley 137

Appendix 2 Blind Test of the Methods Used to Make Petrographic Assignments 179

Appendix 3 Addendum to Petrographic and Qualitative Analysis of Tanque Verde Red-on-brown Sherds from the Northern Tucson Basin and Avra Valley / James M. Heidke, Diana C. Kamilli, Elizabeth J. Miksa, Michael K. Wiley 185

Appendix 4 Chemical Analysis Methods and Data 195

Appendix 5 Mahalanobis Probabilities of Group Membership for Sherds 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-258) and index.

ISBN:

0897899113

OCLC:

49698963