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Perspectives on prehistoric trade and exchange in California and the Great Basin / edited by Richard E. Hughes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commerce, Prehistoric--California.
- Commerce, Prehistoric.
- Commerce, Prehistoric--Great Basin.
- Indians of North America--Commerce--California.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Commerce--Great Basin.
- California--Antiquities.
- California.
- Great Basin--Antiquities.
- Great Basin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How does prehistoric material get from its place of origin to its location of archaeological recovery?While this question may seem basic, a moment's reflection suggests that the answers carry important implications for arc-haeological interpretation about social organization, settlement, and subsistence practices.
- Contents:
- Sources of inspiration for studies of prehistoric resource acquisition and materials conveyance in California and the Great Basin / Richard E. Hughes
- Interaction and exchange in Fremont society / Joel C. Janetski, Cady B. Jardine, and Christopher N. Watkins
- The role of mobility and exchange in the conveyance of toolstone during the Great Basin paleoarchaic / Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones
- The function of shell bead exchange in central California / Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
- On the role of Siskiyou utility ware as a social network marker in late prehistoric northern California and southern Oregon / Joanne M. Mack
- Pot conveyance, design characteristics, and precontact adaptations to arid environments / Jelmer W. Eerkens
- Trans-sierran movement of Bodie Hills obsidian / Jerome King, William R. Hildebrandt, and Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
- Current perspectives on the production and conveyance of Coso obsidian / Amy J. Gilreath and William R. Hildebrandt
- Obsidian in the Carson Desert : mobility or trade? / Robert L. Kelly
- Exploring prehistoric trade in western Great Basin textiles / Catherine S. Fowler and Eugene M. Hattori
- Constraints on long-distance movement of plant foods in the Great Basin / David Rhode
- Material conveyance in prehistoric California : cultural contexts and mechanisms / Michael J. Moratto
- Multiscalar perspectives on trade and exchange in the Great Basin : a critical discussion / David Hurst Thomas.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-200-2
- OCLC:
- 781635689
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