Market Exchange (Other Keyword)
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Ancient market activities are dynamic in the economies of most ancient states, yet they have received little research from the archaeological community. Archaeological Approaches to Market Exchange in Ancient Societies is the first book to address the development, change, and organizational complexity of ancient markets from a comparative archaeological perspective. Drawing from historical documents and archaeological records from Mesoamerica, the U.S. Southwest, East Africa, and the Andes, this...
Formation of iron market system in the capital area of the Qin and Han dynasties (2016)
Market system plays a key role in the formation of the imperial economy of Chinese early Empire. Previous scholarship usually paid attention to prestige goods in this regard, giving a good albeit partial description about the market system in Early China. Putting in the anthropological discourse of market exchange, this presentation explores the production and distribution of iron objects—one major type of daily-use items—in the Guanzhong basin according to burial data to better understand the...
Rural Craft Production and Market Participation in Late Classic Oaxaca: A Case Study from Yaasuchi (2015)
Many models of the Zapotec economy during the Classic Period (AD 200 – 850) have relied on an assumption of mutual dependence between rural farmers and urban craft specialists, yet little research has focused explicitly on the economic behavior of rural households. To address this assumption, over 300 archaeological ceramics from the rural site of Yaasuchi - including samples from two domestic structures and a ceramic firing feature - were characterized via INAA to establish provenance. Results...
Using pXRF to test for the market exchange of obsidian at Postclassic Santa Rita Corozal, Belize. (2016)
This poster discusses the levels of access to various obsidian sources and source regions as a prerequisite to testing a market exchange model for the distribution of obsidian during the Postclassic period (A.D 1150 - 1530) at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize. A sample of 247 obsidian artifacts dating to the Postclassic period were assayed using portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) to determine the obsidian sources being exploited. Five sources were identified in the assemblage, including...