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The Aztec Economic World

Merchants and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica

By: Kenneth G. Hirth

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The Aztec Economic World

Merchants and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica

By: Kenneth G. Hirth

This study explores the organization, scale, complexity, and integration of Aztec commerce across Mesoamerica at Spanish contact. The aims of the book are threefold. The first is to construct an in-depth understanding of the economic organization of precolumbian Aztec society and how it developed in the way that it did. The second is to explore the livelihoods of the individuals who bought, sold, and moved goods across a cultural landscape that lacked both navigable rivers and animal transport. Finally, this study models Aztec economy in a way that facilitates its comparison to other ancient and premodern societies around the world. What makes the Aztec economy unique is that it developed one of the most sophisticated market economies in the ancient world in a society with one of the worse transportation systems. This is the first book to provide an updated and comprehensive view of the Aztec economy in thirty years.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316654281

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9781316654286

Prehispanic Domestic Units in Western Mesoamerica

Studies of the Household, Compound, and Residence

By: Robert S. Santley,Kenneth G. Hirth

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Prehispanic Domestic Units in Western Mesoamerica

Studies of the Household, Compound, and Residence

By: Robert S. Santley,Kenneth G. Hirth

Prehispanic Domestic Units in Western Mesoamerica presents different analytical approaches for interpreting household composition and cultural site formation processes in prehispanic western Mesoamerica. Archaelogical data collected using both stratigraphic and reconnaisance methods are combined with and interpreted using a combination of ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and ethnoarchaeological information. The result is a richer and more complete picture of prehispanic household structure than any single analytic approach could produce on its own. The book is organized into several sections based on common theme and geographic area. The first three chapters provide a broad discussion of conceptual and methodological difficulties that archaeologists must resolve in the study of prehispanic households. Subsequent chapters present case studies which examine households from two areas of western Mesoamerica: the Central Mexican highlands and the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Eight case studies from the Central Mexican highlands provide a longitudinal perspective on changing household composition. Four of these examine households during the late Formative, Classic, Epiclassic, and Early Postclassic periods (650 B.C.-A.D. 1200), while four others focus specifically on household structure during the century immediately preceding the Spanish Conquest. Two additional case studies provide comparative information on household organization in the South Gulf Coast region during the Classic period. Prehispanic Domestic Units in Western Mesoamerica: Studies of the Household, Compound, and Residence will be an excellent reference for all anthropologists and archaeologists interested in prehispanic western Mesoamerica.

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328

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CRC Press

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0849388988

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9780849388989

Textbook of General Surgical Oncology

By: Shane Y. Morita,Charles M. Balch,V. Suzanne Klimberg,Timothy M. Pawlik,Glenn David Posner,Kenneth K. Tanabe

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Textbook of General Surgical Oncology

By: Shane Y. Morita,Charles M. Balch,V. Suzanne Klimberg,Timothy M. Pawlik,Glenn David Posner,Kenneth K. Tanabe

A resource that combines oncologic principles with treatment plans for the surgical management of neoplasms Textbook of General Surgical Oncology is a practical and comprehensive reference that offers authoritative coverage of a wide variety of oncologic concepts and disorders. The book opens with detailed discussion of the general principles of molecular biology, cancer epidemiology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, immunotherapy, nuclear imaging, and molecular diagnostics. The text then focuses on site-specific neoplasms, such as those of the skin, soft tissue, bone, head/neck, brain, lung, mediastinum, breast, pleura, peritoneum, as well as tumors that affect various systems, including the endocrine, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, genitourinary, gynecologic, and hematopoietic. · Each chapters is written by an internationally recognized expert on the topic · Learning aids include chapter-ending Q&A and Practical Pearls · Outstanding review for the new General Surgical Oncology certification examination

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1887

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071793321

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9780071793322

Olmec Lithic Economy at San Lorenzo

By: Kenneth Hirth,Ann Cyphers

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Olmec Lithic Economy at San Lorenzo

By: Kenneth Hirth,Ann Cyphers

Olmec Lithic Economy at San Lorenzo examines the specialized craft production, manufacturing, adoption, and spread of obsidian cutting tools at San Lorenzo, Mexico, the first major Olmec center to develop in the southern Gulf Coast region of Mesoamerica. Through the systematic analysis of this single commodity, Kenneth Hirth and Ann Cyphers reconstruct the importation of raw material and the on-site production and distribution of finished goods from a specialized workshop engaged in the manufacture of obsidian blades. The obsidian blade was the cutting tool of choice across Mesoamerica and used in a wide range of activities, from domestic food preparation to institutional ritual activities. Hirth and Cyphers conducted a three-decade investigation of obsidian artifacts recovered at Puerto Malpica, the earliest known workshop, and seventy-six other sites on San Lorenzo Island, where these tools were manufactured for local and regional distribution. Evidence recovered from these excavations provides some of the first information on how early craft specialists operated and how the specialized technology used to manufacture obsidian blades spread across Mesoamerica. The authors use geochemical analyses to identify thirteen different sources for obsidian during San Lorenzo’s occupation. This volcanic glass, not locally available, was transported over great distances, arriving in nodular and finished blade form. Olmec Lithic Economy at San Lorenzo offers a new way to analyze the Preclassic lithic economy—the procurement, production, distribution, and consumption of flaked stone tools—and shows how the study of lithics aids in developing a comprehensive picture of the internal structure and operation of Olmec economy. The book will be significant for Mesoamericanists as well as students and scholars interested in economy, lithic technology, and early complex societies.

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University Press of Colorado

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1646420578

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The Aztec Economic World

Merchants and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica

By: Kenneth G. Hirth

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The Aztec Economic World

The Aztec Economic World

Prehispanic Domestic Units in Western Mesoamerica

Prehispanic Domestic Units in Western Mesoamerica

Textbook of General Surgical Oncology

Textbook of General Surgical Oncology

Olmec Lithic Economy at San Lorenzo

Olmec Lithic Economy at San Lorenzo

The Aztec Economic World

The Aztec Economic World

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