LEADER 05899nam 22006735 450 001 9910831501203321 005 20240322015118.0 010 $a9783031441684 010 $a3031441680 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-44168-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31102403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31102403 035 $a(CKB)30181658300041 035 $a(OCoLC)1427062741 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-44168-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930181658300041 100 $a20240201d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRealizing Value in Mesoamerica $eThe Dynamics of Desire and Demand in Ancient Economies /$fedited by Scott R. Hutson, Charles Golden 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (461 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Ancient Economies,$x2752-3306 311 08$aPrint version: Hutson, Scott R. Realizing Value in Mesoamerica Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2024 9783031441677 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Part I: Approaches to Value -- Chapter 2. Postclassic Maya Things and their Entanglements -- Chapter3. Considering Reciprocity and Gratitude in the Postclassic Basin of Mexico Economies -- Chapter 4. Chronotopic Value: Objects and Meaning Through Mesoamerican Timespace -- Part II: Lithics and Land -- Chapter 5: Assembling Value in Mesoamerica -- Chapter 6. Understanding Obsidian Values Among the Ancient Maya -- Chapter 7. On Value and Values: The Displayed and Hidden Action of Classic-Period Maya Jades -- Chapter 8. Shifting Landscapes of Value in the Maya World. Part III: Crafting -- Chapter 9. Crafting Jewels, Creating Value: Techné and Tlateccayotl among the Nahuas in the Basin of Mexico -- Chapter 10. The Social Value of Cotton Textiles in Postclassic Oaxaca, Mexico -- Chapter 11. Soft Infrastructure: Realizing Value of Craft Producers in Small Centers and Settlements in Veracruz, Mesoamerica -- Part IV: Exchange -- Chapter 12. Exchange Value inClassic Period Maya Economies: The View from Western Belize -- Chapter 13. Magic and Marxism: Valuing Enchantment in the Maya Political Economy -- Chapter 14. Classic Maya Tribute as a Social Register -- Part V: Inequality -- Chapter 15. Beyond Economic Inequality: Unmeasurable Values, Collective Demand, and Community Building in Classic Period Mesoamerica -- Chapter 16. Inequality of What? Multiple Paths to the Good Life. 330 $aThis edited collection addresses concepts of value and its impact on economies and economic decision-making in Mesoamerica. It brings together various theoretical and methodological approaches to illuminate the little-studied topic of value in ancient economies. While scholars increasingly note that tangible objects found in the archaeological record could assume different values, depending on how they were used and circulated, less attention has been paid to how we might infer consensus (or lack of consensus) on how value was determined in past cultures so different from contemporary ones. These contributions show how multiple and conflicting understandings of what is important and meaningful coexist within any society even as moments of exchange create the impression of shared formulations of value. They consider divergences between shared understandings based on systems of beliefs and patterns of practice and the individual decisions of social actors. They also discuss howinequalities in social structures might inform our understanding of value, and how a multiplicity of values might encourage closer inspection of inequality in turn. The book brings together fifteen chapters focused on many parts of Mesoamerica, including Western Mexico, the Basin of Mexico, Veracruz, Oaxaca, and various parts of the Maya Lowlands, and range chronologically from the Classic period (250-900 CE) to the Spanish Conquest in the early 16th Century. It appeals to those working in archaeology, economic anthropology, economic history, and all those interested in how value can be understood in terms of contemporary cultural and political differences. Scott Hutson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of several books on the Maya. He has been doing fieldwork in the Maya lowlands, usually focusing on household archaeology, settlement patterns, and ritual practice, since 1996. Charles Golden is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. He has conducted archaeological research in Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico, and his investigations have focused on the borders between Maya kingdoms and the economic, social, and ritual ties that bound rural villages into larger political communities. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Ancient Economies,$x2752-3306 606 $aEconomic history 606 $aPrehistoric peoples 606 $aAmerica$xHistory 606 $aPolitical anthropology 606 $aEconomic anthropology 606 $aEconomic History 606 $aPrehistoric Archaeology 606 $aHistory of the Americas 606 $aPolitical and Economic Anthropology 615 0$aEconomic history. 615 0$aPrehistoric peoples. 615 0$aAmerica$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical anthropology. 615 0$aEconomic anthropology. 615 14$aEconomic History. 615 24$aPrehistoric Archaeology. 615 24$aHistory of the Americas. 615 24$aPolitical and Economic Anthropology. 676 $a970 700 $aHutson$b Scott R$0738541 701 $aGolden$b Charles$0766138 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910831501203321 996 $aRealizing Value in Mesoamerica$94030493 997 $aUNINA