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The cultural dynamics of mercantilism at Yaxchilan.
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Creator
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Paddock, Peter Bulkey., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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A model establishes the cultural processes by which Yaxchilan became a major Lowland Maya mercantile center. The iconography and inscriptions are first examined to show that the political organization represented an epiphenomenal cultural process in Yaxchilan's florescene. The mercantile model based on known facts, examines many components relevant to the development of Yaxchilan's economic organization, namely, location, topography, climate, transportation systems, the Polanyi Port of Trade...
Show moreA model establishes the cultural processes by which Yaxchilan became a major Lowland Maya mercantile center. The iconography and inscriptions are first examined to show that the political organization represented an epiphenomenal cultural process in Yaxchilan's florescene. The mercantile model based on known facts, examines many components relevant to the development of Yaxchilan's economic organization, namely, location, topography, climate, transportation systems, the Polanyi Port of Trade model, trade goods and their movement, socioeconomic organization, unprecedented site improvements, Maya trade networks and ideology. Areas for future study are articulated.
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Date Issued
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1995
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15151
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Subject Headings
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Yaxchilán Site (Mexico), Mayas--Economic conditions, Culture diffusion--Mexico, Mexico--Antiquities, Mercantile system--Mexico--History
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IMPORTED CERAMIC VESSELS AND STATUS LEVELS IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY.
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LEVY, MARLENE G., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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Discernment of a third socio-political status level in burials of the Arkansas River valley is the subject of this thesis. In a hierarchy, such as the Spiro Focus chiefdom of the Arkansas River valley, effort expended for burial of a socio-political high status person is proportional to previous importance in the society. Two higher levels of socio-political status groups, buried with conch shell and copper artifacts, have previously been reported in the archaeological literature. It is...
Show moreDiscernment of a third socio-political status level in burials of the Arkansas River valley is the subject of this thesis. In a hierarchy, such as the Spiro Focus chiefdom of the Arkansas River valley, effort expended for burial of a socio-political high status person is proportional to previous importance in the society. Two higher levels of socio-political status groups, buried with conch shell and copper artifacts, have previously been reported in the archaeological literature. It is proposed that there was a third socio-political high status group buried with imported pottery.
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Date Issued
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1984
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14206
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Archaeology--Societies, etc, Arkansas River Valley--Antiquities
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