Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contributors ix
4. Figures xi
5. Tables xiii
6. Preface xv
7. Section one Theoretical and methodological overviews
8. Chapter one Investigating market exchange in ancient societies: a theoretical review 3
9. Chapter two Detecting marketplace exchange in archaeology: a methodological review 33
10. Section two Case studies
11. Chapter three The rise and demise of marketplace exchange among the prehistoric hohokam of arizona 61
12. Chapter four A multiscalar perspective on market exchange in the classic-period valley of oaxaca 85
13. Chapter five Origins and development of mesoamerican marketplaces: evidence from south-central veracruz, mexico 99
14. Chapter six The rise and fall of market exchange: a dynamic approach to ancient maya economy 127
15. Chapter seven Housing the market: swahili merchants and regional marketing on the east african coast, seventh to sixteenth centuries ad 141
16. Chapter eight Regional and local market systems in aztec-period morelos 161
17. Section three Comparative contributions
18. Chapter nine Labor taxes, market systems, and urbanization in the prehispanic andes: a comparative perspective 185
19. Chapter ten Evaluating causal factors in market development in premodern states: a comparative study, with critical comments on the history of ideas about markets 207
20. Chapter eleven Finding the mark in the marketplace: the organization, development, and archaeological identification of market systems 227
21. References cited 249
22. Index 313