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vii List of Contributors | ix List of Figures | xi List of Tables | xiii preface | Christopher P. Garraty and Barbara L. Stark | xv section one: theoreticAl And MethodologicAl overviews chapter 1 | Christopher P. Garraty | 3 Investigating Market Exchange in Ancient Societies: A Theoretical Review chapter 2 | Barbara L. Stark and Christopher P. Garraty | 33 Detecting Marketplace Exchange in Archaeology: A Methodological Review section two: cAse studies chapter 3 | David R. Abbott | 61 The Rise and Demise of Marketplace Exchange among the Prehistoric Hohokam of Arizona chapter 4 | Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas | 85 A Multiscalar Perspective on Market Exchange in the Classic-Period Valley of Oaxaca Contents Contents viii chapter 5 | Barbara L. Stark and Alanna Ossa | 99 Origins and Development of Mesoamerican Marketplaces: Evidence from South-Central Veracruz, Mexico chapter 6 | Geoffrey E. Braswell | 127 The Rise and Fall of Market Exchange: A Dynamic Approach to Ancient Maya Economy chapter 7 | Jeffrey B. Fleisher | 141 Housing the Market: Swahili Merchants and Regional Marketing on the East African Coast, Seventh to Sixteenth Centuries AD chapter 8 | Michael E. Smith | 161 Regional and Local Market Systems in Aztec-Period Morelos section three: coMpArAtive contriButions chapter 9 | Charles Stanish | 185 Labor Taxes, Market Systems, and Urbanization in the Prehispanic Andes: A Comparative Perspective chapter 10 | Richard E. Blanton and Lane F. Fargher | 207 Evaluating Causal Factors in Market Development in Premodern States: A Comparative Study, with Critical Comments on the History of Ideas about Markets chapter 11 | Kenneth G. Hirth | 227 Finding the Mark in the Marketplace: The Organization, Development, and Archaeological Identification of Market Systems References Cited | 249 Index | 313 ...

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