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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mineral resources
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Internal trade
- External trade
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hohokam
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000-500 BP (AD 1-1500)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonto basin, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Glen E. Rice ; Arleyn Simon ; Christopher Loendorf
- For bibliographic references see document 122:Rice
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98053066
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- 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