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Craft and local power: embedded specialization in Tiwanaku cities
Latin American antiquity : a journal of the Society for American Archaeology • 10 (2) • Published In 1999 • Pages: 107-131
By: Janusek, John W..
Abstract
Janusek examines the organization of craft production at Lukurmata and Tiwanaku. He argues that craft specialists were not directly attached to elites or state institutions nor were craft specialists totally independent. Instead, craft production was what Janusek calls embedded specialization. Crafts were produced at the household and suprahousehold level by kin-based groups. He examines archaeological evidence for craft production of ceramics at the site of Tiwanaku and of musical instruments made from bone at the site of Lukuramta.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field Date
- 1991
- Coverage Date
- 1500 BP-850 BP (500 A.D.-1150 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- sites of Tiwanaku and Lukurmata; southern Lake Titicaca basin; Bolivia
- Notes
- John Wayne Janusek
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-131)
- LCCN
- 91649207
- LCSH
- Indians of South America--Antiquities