Rethinking craft specialization in complex societes : archeological analyses of the social meaning of production
By: Zachary X. Hruby and Rowan K. Flad, editors ; contributions by Gwen P. Bennett ... [et al.].
Contributors: Hruby, Zachary X.; Flad, Rowan K.; Bennett, Gwen Patrice.
Series: Archeological papers of the American Anthropological Association -- no. 17.
Publisher: American Anthropological Association
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Social archaeology; Handicraft industries -- History; Occupations -- Social aspects -- History; Division of labor -- History; Technological complexity; Social structure -- History; Economics, Prehistoric; Commerce, Prehistoric
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: "Specialized" production in archaeological contexts : rethinking specialization, the social value of products, and the practice of production / Rowan K. Flad and Zachary X. Hruby; title: In craft specialization's penumbra : things, persons, action, value, and surplus / John E. Clark; title: Associations and ideologies in the locations of urban craft production at Harappa, Pakistan (Indus civilizations) / Heather M.-L. Miller; title: Context and meaning in late Neolithic lithic production in China : the Longshan period in southeastern Shandong Province / Gwen P. Bennett; title: Ritualized chipped-stone production at Piedras Negras, Guatemala / Zachary X. Hruby; title: The theatrics of technology : consuming obsidian in the early Cycladic burial arena / Tristan Carter; title: Rethinking the context of production through an archaeological study of ancient salt production in the Sichuan basin, China / Rowan K. Flad; title: Knowledge and belief in artistic production by classic Maya elite / Takeshi Inomata; title: Thinking about production : phenomenological classification and lexical semantics / Cathy Lynne Costin; title: Production as social process / Julia A. Hendon; title: Specialization, context of production, and alienation in the production process : comments and afterthoughts / Yung-ti Li; title: On "rethinking" craft specialization : responses by the authors / Zachary X. Hruby ... [et al.].