"This volume brings together the work of some of the most prominent archaeologists to document the impact of Jeffrey R. Parsons on contemporary archaeological method and theory. Parsons is a central figure in the development of settlement pattern archaeology, in which the goal is the study of whole social systems at the scale of regions. In recent decades, regional archaeology has revolutionized how we understand the past, contributing n ..."
"Co-published with the Society for Economic Anthropology, this work explores the social, political and economic contexts and consequences of economic interaction beyond the local systems. Because the focus of economic analysis is often local, particularly in anthropology, this book specifically aims analysis beyond the local system of economic interaction. Note Special Title: Co-published with Society for Economic Anthropology"
Ancient Oaxaca The Monte Albâ"ââÃâ"Ã¥Î"ÃÃâ"âÎ"ÃÃâ"à â" Ãn State by RichardE. Blanton Paperback, Published 2022 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-92618-8, ISBN: 1-108-92618-5
How Humans Cooperate(1st Edition) Confronting the Challenges of Collective Action by RichardE. Blanton, Lane F. Fargher Paperback, 436 Pages, Published 2016 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-1-60732-616-8, ISBN: 1-60732-616-7
" In How Humans Cooperate, Richard E. Blanton and Lane F. Fargher take a new approach to investigating human cooperation, developed from the vantage point of an "anthropological imagination." Drawing on the discipline’s broad and holistic understanding of humans in biological, social, and cultural dimensions and across a wide range of temporal and cultural variation, the authors unite psychological and institutional approaches by demonst ..."
Monte Alban Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital (Foundations of Archaeology) by RichardE. Blanton Paperback, 484 Pages, Published 2004 by Eliot Werner Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-9719587-9-1, ISBN: 0-9719587-9-3
"This book traces the history of past human settlement, over a period of two thousand years, in one of Mesoamerica's most important early cities. In his new prologue, Richard Blanton discusses the genesis and background of the project, its impact on the development of urban archaeology, and the changes it stimulated in how archaeologists think about the Mesoamerican past. Originally published in 1978 by Academic Press."
"Mesoamerica has become one of the world's most important areas for research into the emergence of complex human societies. Between 10,000 years ago and the arrival of the Spanish in 1521, some of the most significant changes in the evolution of human societies occurred. These included the emergence of agriculture and sedentary villages, the growth of centralized governments (chiefdoms and states), and the rise of market systems, cities, ..."
"the prehispanic settlement patterns of the central and southern parts of the valley
of Oaxaca, Mexico Richard E. Blanton, Stephen A. ... Excavations ai Quachilco, A
Report on the 1977 Season of the Palo Blanco Project, by Robert D. Drennan.
1978. ... Political, and Economic Development in the Area of the Tehuacan Valley
Some Results of the Palo Blanco Project, edited by Robert D. Drennan, 1979."
Houses and Households(Reprint) A Comparative Study (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by RichardE. Blanton Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-4899-0992-3, ISBN: 1-4899-0992-3
"The author presents a large comparative database derived from ethnographic and architectural research in Southeast Asia, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and other areas; proposes new methodologies for comparative analyses of houses; and critically examines existing methodologies, theories, and data. His work expands on and systematizes comparative and cross-cultural approaches to the study of households and their environments to provide a firm foun ..."
"This volume brings together the work of some of the most prominent archaeologists to document the impact of Jeffrey R. Parsons on contemporary archaeological method and theory. Parsons is a central figure in the development of settlement pattern archaeology, in which the goal is the study of whole social systems at the scale of regions. In recent decades, regional archaeology has revolutionized how we understand the past, contributing n ..."
"Co-published with the Society for Economic Anthropology, this work explores the social, political and economic contexts and consequences of economic interaction beyond the local systems. Because the focus of economic analysis is often local, particularly in anthropology, this book specifically aims analysis beyond the local system of economic interaction. NOTE Special Title: Co-published with Society for Economic Anthropology"
"This volume forms the report of an archaeological survey project carried out in an area of the coastal strip of southern Turkey. Tha aims of the project were to identify and investigate patterns of rural settlement, provide information on the process of local urbanism and to put this within the context of social formations in other Mediterranean regions. Through pedestrian survey, site densities could be studied by period and speculatio ..."
"But it will be difficult to demonstrate that agricultural intensification can be
connected to tribute flows and changes in market prices as proposed by Brumfiel,
a point she herself has recently made (Brumfiel 1987a). If large quantities of
tribute goods circulated to the general population, depressing prices for these
commodities, the argument would be strengthened, but Sanders (1980) disputes
this (cf. Brumfiel 1987a). The hypoth ..."
"FIRST EDITION. 1981 Cambridge University Press trade paperback, Richard E. Blanton, Stephen A. Kowalewski, Gary M. Feinman , Laura M. Finsten. Mesoamerica has become one of the world's most important areas for research into the emergence of complex human societies. Between 10,000 years ago and the arrival of the Spanish in 1521, some of the most significant changes in the evolution of human societies occurred. These included the emergen ..."
Monte Alban(1st Edition) Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital (Studies in archeology) by RichardE. Blanton . Hardcover, 477 Pages, Published 1978 by Academic Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-12-104250-9, ISBN: 0-12-104250-2
"This book traces the history of past human settlement, over a period of two thousand years, in one of Mesoamerica's most important early cities. In his new prologue, Richard Blanton discusses the genesis and background of the project, its impact on the development of urban archaeology, and the changes it stimulated in how archaeologists think about the Mesoamerican past."
""Merchants, Markets, and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World" examines the structure, scale, and complexity of economic systems in the pre-Hispanic Americas, with a focus on the central highlands of Mexico, the Maya Lowlands, and the central Andes. Civilization in each region was characterized by complex political and religious institutions, highly skilled craft production, and the long-distance movement of finished goods. Scholars have ..."
"Stephen A. Kowalewski. Use. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan,
Memoirs 20. Parsons, Elsie Clews 1936 Mitla, Town of the Souls. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press. Parsons, Jeffrey R. 1971 Prehistoric Settlement
Patterns of the Texcoco Region, Mexico. Museum of ... Ph.D. Dissertation,
Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton. ...
Polgar, Steven 1972 Population History and Population Polic ..."
How Humans Cooperate Confronting the Challenges of Collective Action by RichardE. Blanton, Lane F. Fargher 435 Pages, Published 2016 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-1-60732-514-7, ISBN: 1-60732-514-4
"For example, the collective action theorists Karen Cook, Russell Hardin, and
Margaret Levi (Cook et al. 2005: 151–65) identify the following key features for
state-building: (1) a state must have the capacity to provide for social order but at
the same time power must be institutionally constrained; (2) a state must have the
capacity to monitor the population and its own administrative cadre to identify
taxpayer free-riding and adm ..."
"INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHAEOLOGY Series Editor:
Michael Jochim, University of California, Santa Barbara Founding Editor: Roy S.
Dickens, Jr., Late of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Editorial Board:
Lewis R. Binford, Southern Methodist University • Jane E. Buikstra, University of
Chicago • Charles M. Hudson, University of Georgia • Stephen A. Kowalewski,
University of Georgia • William L. Rathje, University ..."