The Local Effect of Changing Intra-valley Exchange Networks

Summary

This is an abstract from the "I Love Sherds and Parasites: A Festschrift in Honor of Pat Urban and Ed Schortman" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

During the Terminal Classic phase in the southwest Naco Valley, Honduras, a small plaza group, plaza 426, emerged as a regional actor in intra-valley exchange of pottery. The current interpretation of the structure’s reuse is that, as previously documented, a more centralized hub of political and economic power in the Naco region waned, and smaller economic networks emerged. The residents of plaza 426, along with their immediate neighbors, found areas of niche specialization in a more multi-lateral regional trade system. Recent discoveries in the Valley complicate the picture, suggesting an even more dynamic network and fractious picture of pottery production.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• I Love Sherds and Parasites: A Festschrift in Honor of Pat Urban and Ed Schortman   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 24275