Formative obsidian procurement at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Mexico: Implications for Olmec and Epi-Olmec political economy

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 271-293

  Pool, Christopher A ^a   Knight, Charles L F ^b   Glascock, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CLASSIC PERIOD; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; MONOPOLY; OBSIDIAN; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POWER RELATIONS;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84905864637     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536114000169     Document Type: Review

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