Abstract: Contributors Preface I. Introduction Introduction: Craft and Social Identity Cathy Lynne Costin II. Dimensions of Artisan Identity Crafts, Chiefs, and Commoners: Production and Control in Precontact Hawai'i Barbara Lass Craft Specialization, Gender, and Personhood among the Post-conquest Maya of Yucatan, Mexico John E. Clark and Stephen D. Houston Craft Production and Social Identity in Northwest Mesopotamia Patricia Wattenmaker Crafting Social Identity in Ur III Southern Mesopotamia Rita P. Wright Elite Maya Pottery and Artisans as Social Indicators Dorie Reents-Budet III. Crafting and the Social Order Crafting Cultural Identity in Hunter-Gatherer Economies Kenneth E. Sassaman Social Identity and Specialization among Toro Iron Workers in Western Uganda S. Terry Childs Housewives, Chosen Women, Skilled Men: Cloth Production and Social Identity in the Late Prehispanic Andes Cathy Lynne Costin IV. Avenues to Presige and Power The Multiple Identities of Aztec Craft Specialists Elizabeth M. Brumfiel Ritual Craft Specialists in Middle Range Societies Katherine A. Spielman Identity and Social Action among South Indian Craft Producers of the Vijayanagara Period Carla M. Sinopoli Index
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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