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Moundville's Economy.

A Dan Josselyn Memorial PublicationAnthropologists have long talked about chiefdoms as a form of sociopolitical organization, and for several decades Elman Service's description of chiefdoms has been widely accepted as definitive. Nevertheless, in the 1970s, scholars began to question whether a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Welch, Paul D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Background; Introduction; Redistribution; Alternative Models; Conclusion; 3. The Test Case; The Moundville Chiefdom; Previous Investigations at the White Site; 1983 Excavations at the White Site; Data Used in the Analysis; 4. Subsistence; Introduction; Fauna; Plant Exploitation; Conclusion; 5. Craft Production; Introduction; Ceramics; Stone Tools; Other Craft Items; Items of Known Nonlocal Manufacture; Conclusion; 6. Structure and Operation of Moundville's Economy.
  • Production and Distribution in the Moundville EconomyExternal Relations of the Moundville Chiefdom; Dynamics of the Moundville Economy; Conclusion; 7. Conclusion; References Cited; Index.