Accounting for the prehistoric long-distance movement of goods with a measure of style
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert N Zeitlin (Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 208-234 |
| Publication date | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1994.9980273 |
| OpenAlex | W2090986327 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
A sharing of stylistic attributes is taken to be a measure of social and political relationships. By calculating a coefficient of stylistic association between peoples of distant regions, a crude but useful indicator of the temper of sociopolitical relationships is derived which can help account for otherwise puzzling changes in the long‐distance interchange of economically valuable goods. In a trial application of this analytical procedure, attributes of ceramic style were used to estimate the strength of relationships between the southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec and four neighboring regions of pre‐Columbian Mesoamerica. The results provided an explanation for variations in the non‐local sources and quantities of obsidian procured by the inhabitants of the southern Isthmus over a 1500‐year span of time
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Data mining · Economics · Measure (data warehouse · Mesoamerica · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Prehistory · Style (visual arts · Variance (accounting · Accounting · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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The Early Preclassic Obsidian Industry of Paso de la Amada, Chiapas, México
On the Argument From Ceramics to History
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Obsidian-Artifact Source Analysis for the Mixtequilla Region, South-Central Veracruz, Mexico
Inter-site relationships in the middle bronze age of Cyprus
An Introduction to the Ceramics of Tres Zapotes, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Trace Element Analysis of Obsidian Artifacts from Three Shell Midden Sites in the Littoral Zone, Chiapas, Mexico
Economic and Social Stress and Material Culture Patterning
Possible Social Factors in the Exchange System of the Prehistoric Maya
Preclassic Ceramics from Chalchuapa, El Salvador, and Their Relationships with the Maya Lowlands
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2019 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |