Perspectives on prehistoric trade and exchange in California and the Great Basin
By: edited by Richard E. Hughes
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781607811527
Subjects: Commerce; Prehistoric Commerce; Indians of North America; Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sources of inspiration for studies of prehistoric resource acquisition and materials conveyance in California and the Great Basin / Richard E. Hughes; title: Interaction and exchange in Fremont society / Joel C. Janetski, Cady B. Jardine, and Christopher N. Watkins; title: The role of mobility and exchange in the conveyance of toolstone during the Great Basin paleoarchaic / Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones; title: The function of shell bead exchange in central California / Jeffrey S. Rosenthal; title: On the role of Siskiyou utility ware as a social network marker in late prehistoric northern California and southern Oregon / Joanne M. Mack; title: Pot conveyance, design characteristics, and precontact adaptations to arid environments / Jelmer W. Eerkens; title: Trans-sierran movement of Bodie Hills obsidian / Jerome King, William R. Hildebrandt, and Jeffrey S. Rosenthal; title: Current perspectives on the production and conveyance of Coso obsidian / Amy J. Gilreath and William R. Hildebrandt; title: Obsidian in the Carson Desert : mobility or trade? / Robert L. Kelly; title: Exploring prehistoric trade in western Great Basin textiles / Catherine S. Fowler and Eugene M. Hattori; title: Constraints on long-distance movement of plant foods in the Great Basin / David Rhode; title: Material conveyance in prehistoric California : cultural contexts and mechanisms / Michael J. Moratto; title: Multiscalar perspectives on trade and exchange in the Great Basin : a critical discussion / David Hurst Thomas.