Storage in Ancient Complex Societies: Administration, Organization, and Control

Author:   Linda R. Manzanilla ,  Mitchell Rothman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367605322


Pages:   350
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Our Price $79.99 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Storage in Ancient Complex Societies: Administration, Organization, and Control


Add your own review!

Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Linda R. Manzanilla ,  Mitchell Rothman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367605322


ISBN 10:   0367605325
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Preface Linda R. Manzanilla Chapter 1. Introduction: Storage as an Analytical Marker to Study Cultural Evolution Mitchell S. Rothman The Ancient Near East Chapter 2. Verifying the Role of Storage: Examples from Prehistoric Ancient Mesopotamia Mitchell S Rothman and Enrica Fiandra Chapter 3. On Some Possible Implications of a Newly Discovered Early Bronze Age, Large Scale Silo Complex at Amaziya, Nahal Lachish (Israel) Ianir Milevski, Eliot Braun, Daniel Varga, and Yigal Israel Chapter 4. Grain, Storage, and State-making in Mesopotamia (3000-2000 BC) Tate Paulette The Andean Region Chapter 5. New World Bureaucracy at 1500 B.C.: Evidence from the Casma Valley of Peru Thomas Pozorski and Shelia Pozorski Chapter 6. Storerooms, Tokens and Administrative Devices: An Andean Case Study John R. Topic Chapter 7. Inca Storage Systems in the Imperial Heartland (Cuzco, Peru): Risk Management, Economic Growth, and Political Economy R. Alan Covey, Kylie E. Quave, and Catherine E. Covey Chapter 8. Storehouse of Seasons and Mother of Food: An Andean Ritual-Administrative System Frank Salomon, Gino de las Casas and Víctor Falcón Huayta Mesoamerica Chapter 9. Craft Activity and Administrative Devices at Teotihuacan, Central Mexico Linda R. Manzanilla Chapter 10. Storage at Xochicalco, Morelos, Mexico Silvia T. Garza, Claudia Alvarado L., Norberto González C. and Beatriz Palavicini Chapter 11. Storage, Tribute, and Political Administration among the Lowland Maya Michael P. Smyth Chapter 12. Storage Places in the Maya Area Cristina Vidal-Lorenzo, Ma. Luisa Vázquez-de-Ágredos-Pascual, and Gaspar Muñoz-Cosme Chapter 13. Storage and Administration in the Aztec Empire José Luis de Rojas Conclusion Chapter 14. Final Thoughts Mitchell S. Rothman and Linda R. Manzanilla Index About the Authors

Reviews

Author Information

Linda R. Manzanilla is professor and researcher at the Institute of Anthropological Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has participated actively in the formation of generations of archaeologists in the National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico. With a Ph.D. from University of Paris, she is author and editor of 22 books and 160 articles and chapters on subjects related to the emergence and change of early urban societies in Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Andean Region. She has excavated in Mexico, Bolivia, Egypt, Anatolia, and Israel. Among her awards and honors are the Mexican National Academy of Sciences Award, Alfonso Caso Award (INAH), Presidential Award of the Society for American Archaeology, foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, National University of Mexico Award in Research in Social Sciences, Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society, member of El Colegio Nacional in Mexico, and Doctor Honoris Causa by UNAM. She has been member of the Committee for Research and Exploration of the National Geographic Society, and co-editor, with Gary Feinman, of Latin American Antiquity. Mitchell S Rothman is professor and chair of Anthropology and Archaeology, Widener University and Consulting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author or editor of five books and over 50 articles on complex societies of the Ancient Near East and related topics. He has conducted field work in Armenia, Turkey, Iran and the United States.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

wl

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List