essay
Production and exchange of economic goods
synthesis of tonto basin prehistory : the roosevelt archaeology studies, 1989 to 1998 • Tempe, Ariz. • Published In 1998 • Pages: 105-130
By: Rice, Glen, Simon, Arleyn W. (Arleyn Winifred), Loendorf, Christopher.
Abstract
The people of Tonto Basin made most of the tools, vessels, and clothing they needed from material obtained in the vicinity of their own settlements. However, some raw material, as well as completed commodities, came from locations that lay tens to hundred of kilometers away and were obtained through various mechanisms of long-distance exchange; similarly, some of the commodies produced at settlement in Tonto basin were tradeed out to more distant localities. In addition to a lengthy discussion of the items circulating in exchange, this paper describes the manner in which settlements in the Tonto Basis competed against each other in various exchange transactions. Trade, according to the authors, can be as much a mechanism for competition as cooperation, and it appears that competition at an intrabasin level may have been important to the organization of settlement complexes; neighboring settlements were united into spatial blocs through their shared competition against more distant groups of settlements (p. 105).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 2000-500 BP (AD 1-1500)
- Coverage Place
- Tonto basin, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Glen E. Rice ; Arleyn Simon ; Christopher Loendorf
- For bibliographic references see document 122:Rice
- LCCN
- 98053066
- LCSH
- Salado culture--Arizona--Tonto Basin
- Pueblo architecture--Arizona--Tonto Basin
- Pueblo Indians--Commerce
- Pueblo Indians--Funeral rite and ceremonies
- Land settlement patterns--Arizona--Tonto Basin
- Subsistence economy--Arizona--Tonto Basin
- Tonto Basin (Ariz.)--Antiquities