Archaeological Perspectives On Political Economies

Gary M. Feinman is curator of Mesoamerican anthropology and archaeology at the Field Museum in Chicago. Linda M. Nicholas is adjunct curator of Mesoamerican archaeology at the Field Museum in Chicago.

List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1. Archaeology and Political Economy: Setting the Stage 2. The Evolution of of Chiefdoms: An Economic Anthropological Model 3. The Economy of the Moment: Cultural Practices and Mississippian Chiefdoms 4. Reflections on the Early Southern Mesopotamian Economy 5. Structural Parameters and Sociocultural Factors in the Economic Organization of North Mesopotamian Urbanism in the Third Millennium B.C. 6. Material Resources, Capital, and Power: The Coevolution of Society and Culture 7. Roman Economies: A Paradigm of Their Own 8. Early State Economic Systems of China 9. Appropriative Economies: Labor Obligations and Luxury Goods in Ancient Maya Society 10. Unraveling the Prehispanic Highland Mesoamerican Economy: Production, Exchange, and Consumption in the Classic Period Valley of Oaxaca 11. Craft Economies of Ancient Andean States 12. Political Economy in the Historic Period Chiefdoms and States of Southeast Asia 13. Comparative Insights into the Ancient Political Economies of West Africa References Contributors Index

"The study of ancient political economies has rightfully emerged as a major focus on modern archaeological inquiry, and this highly recommended volume, with its many case examples, is an excellent primer on current thinking about this key subject."-Jeremy Sabloff, University of Pennsylvania