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Formative Mesoamerican Exchange Networks with Special Reference to the Valley of Oaxaca

Jane W. Pires-Ferreira
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For this volume, archaeologist Jane W. Pires-Ferreira analyzed artifacts from the Valley of Oaxaca in order to understand more about prehistoric trade patterns in the region. Using her analyses, she was able to describe obsidian exchange networks, iron ore mirror exchange networks, and shell exchange networks in Early and Middle Formative Mesoamerica.
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  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Plates
  • Agradecimientos
  • I. Formative Mesoamerican Archeology and Exchange Models
    • Introduction
    • Previous Models for Formative "Trade"
    • The Varieties of Exchange in Formative Mesoamerica
    • Exchange under Conditions of Reciprocity
    • Exchange under Conditions of Redistribution
    • Chronology of the Early and Middle Formative
  • II. Obsidian Exchange Networks in Formative Mesoamerica
    • Obsidian: Methodology and Raw Data
    • The Early Formative: Obsidian Exchange Networks Linking Villages
    • The Middle Formative: Obsidian Exchange Networks Linking Villages
    • The Distribution of Obsidian in Formative Oaxacan Households
    • Summary
  • III. Iron Ore Mirror Exchange Networks in Formative Mesoamerica
    • Iron Ore: Methodology and Raw Data
    • The Early Formative: Magnetite Mirror Production and Exchange
    • The Middle Formative: Localized Iron Ore Mirror Production
    • Canada Carreta Survey: Fluvial Dispersal of Iron Ore
    • Summary
  • IV. Shell Exchange Networks
    • Shells: Methodology and Raw Data
    • The Early Formative: Shell Exchange Networks Linking Villages
    • The Middle Formative: Shell Exchange Networks Linking Villages
    • The Distribution of Shell among Formative Households: An Example from Oaxaca
    • Summary
  • V. Additional Commodities Which Figured in Early and Middle Formative Exchange
    • Ritual Paraphernalia
    • "Specular Hematite" Pigment
    • Ceramics
  • VI. Summary and Conclusions
  • Appendixes
    • I. Other Reported Mesoamerican Obsidian Sources
    • II. Mossbauer Spectroscopy, by B. J. Evans
  • Resumen en Espanol
  • References
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Published: 1975
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
ISBN(s)
  • 978-1-949098-44-0 (paper)
  • 978-1-949098-68-6 (ebook)
Series
  • Memoirs
Subject
  • Latin American Studies
  • Archaeology:New World
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