Craft Production and Economic Integration in Hinterland Households

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Economic integration in hinterland communities has often been under theorized in Maya studies. Here I explore the evidence of craft production in several hinterland households as well as the implications for connections with social, political, and economic institutions. Households make decisions about crafting activities and respond to risks and stressors both environmental and political. The households explored in this study are located in northwestern Belize in the hinterlands near Dos Hombres and were engaged in a number of different crafting activities. By exploring these household processes, we can gain an improved understanding of the various pressures at play. Understanding households as an integrated part of the larger society allows us to better understand the decision making happening at the household level as well as the larger processes that influence these households and are influenced by them.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33047