Olmec Lithic Economy at San Lorenzo /

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"Examines specialized production for manufacturing obsidian cutting tools at San Lorenzo, Mexico, the first Olmec center in the southern Gulf Coast as Mesoamerica's earliest complex society between 1800-1000 BC. Through systematic analysis of this commodity and importation of raw material,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hirth, Kenn (Author), Cyphers, Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Mexico > Antiquities.
Obsidian implements > Mexico.
Olmecs > Implements > Economic aspects > Mexico.
San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán Site (Mexico) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing lithic economy
  • The San Lorenzo Olmec
  • The Lithic percussion industries of San Lorenzo
  • Craft production and pressure blade technology at Puerto Malpica
  • Trade and obsidian procurement at San Lorenzo
  • Supply side economics : obsidian procurement for craft production at the Malpica Workshop
  • The distribution and consumption of obsidian on San Lorenzo Island
  • From workshop to consumer : the distribution of obsidian blades from the Malpica workshop
  • On the origin and transmission of Mesoamerica obsidian blade technology.

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