The Inalienable in the Archaeology of Mesoamerica
APAZ - Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (Band Nr. 23)
1. Auflage August 2018
200 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-118-98326-3
John Wiley & Sons
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Table of Contents iii
Chapter 1. Introduction: Inalienability, Value, and the
Construction of Social Difference 1
Brigitte Kovacevich and Michael G. Callaghan
Chapter 2. Olmec Things and Identity: A Reassessment of Offerings
and Burials at La Venta, Tabasco 14
John E. Clark and Arlene Colman
Chapter 3. Situational Inalienability and Social Change in
Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca 38
Sarah B. Barber, Andrew Workinger, and Arthur A.
Joyce
Chapter 4. The Bones of the Ancestors as Inalienable Possessions: A
Bioarchaeological Perspective 54
Anna C. Novotny
Chapter 5. Cultivated Landscapes as Inalienable Wealth in
Southeastern Mesoamerica 66
E. Christian Wells
Chapter 6. Alienating Ancient Maya Commoners 81
Jon C. Lohse
Chapter 7. The Inalienability of Jades in Mesoamerica
95
Brigitte Kovacevich
Chapter 8. Maya Polychrome Vessels as Inalienable Possessions
112
Michael G. Callaghan
Chapter 9. Negotiation of Inalienability and Meanings at the
Classic Maya Center of Aguateca, Guatemala 128
Takeshi Inomata
Chapter 10. Land, Labor, Bodies, and Objects: Comments on
Inalienability and Mesoamerican Social Life 142
Barbara J. Mills
List of Contributors 150
Erratum 152
Chapter 1. Introduction: Inalienability, Value, and the
Construction of Social Difference 1
Brigitte Kovacevich and Michael G. Callaghan
Chapter 2. Olmec Things and Identity: A Reassessment of Offerings
and Burials at La Venta, Tabasco 14
John E. Clark and Arlene Colman
Chapter 3. Situational Inalienability and Social Change in
Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca 38
Sarah B. Barber, Andrew Workinger, and Arthur A.
Joyce
Chapter 4. The Bones of the Ancestors as Inalienable Possessions: A
Bioarchaeological Perspective 54
Anna C. Novotny
Chapter 5. Cultivated Landscapes as Inalienable Wealth in
Southeastern Mesoamerica 66
E. Christian Wells
Chapter 6. Alienating Ancient Maya Commoners 81
Jon C. Lohse
Chapter 7. The Inalienability of Jades in Mesoamerica
95
Brigitte Kovacevich
Chapter 8. Maya Polychrome Vessels as Inalienable Possessions
112
Michael G. Callaghan
Chapter 9. Negotiation of Inalienability and Meanings at the
Classic Maya Center of Aguateca, Guatemala 128
Takeshi Inomata
Chapter 10. Land, Labor, Bodies, and Objects: Comments on
Inalienability and Mesoamerican Social Life 142
Barbara J. Mills
List of Contributors 150
Erratum 152
Brigitte Kovacevich is assistant professor of anthropology at Southern Methodist University. Her research focuses on the complex interplay between technology, power, social action, and culture change in the past and present, and she is interested in Mesoamerican archaeology, lithic analysis, household archaeology, gender, identity, and preindustrial economic systems. She is currently codirector of the Holt´un Archaeological Project, Guatemala, and has conducted research in Mexico, Arizona, Tennessee, Kentucky, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Michael G. Callaghan is visiting assistant professor of anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He specializes in complex societies of Mesoamerica, with a specific emphasis on prehistoric economy and its articulation with politics and ritual. His research interests include Mesoamerican archaeology, the origins of social complexity, prehistoric economies, the archaeology of ritual, gender in archaeology, and ceramic analysis. He is currently codirector of the Holt´un Archaeological Project, Guatemala.
Michael G. Callaghan is visiting assistant professor of anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He specializes in complex societies of Mesoamerica, with a specific emphasis on prehistoric economy and its articulation with politics and ritual. His research interests include Mesoamerican archaeology, the origins of social complexity, prehistoric economies, the archaeology of ritual, gender in archaeology, and ceramic analysis. He is currently codirector of the Holt´un Archaeological Project, Guatemala.
