Ancient households of the Americas: conceptualizing what households do

Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 18
1. The Household as Analytical Unit......Page 22
Section 1. Household Production Organization......Page 65
2. Occupation Span and the Organization of Residential Activities......Page 68
3. Production and Consumption in the Countryside......Page 100
4. Iroquoian Households......Page 138
5. Activity Areas and Households in the Late Mississippian Southeast United States......Page 162
6. The Social Evolution of Potters’ Households in Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico, 1965–1997......Page 184
7. Pots and Agriculture......Page 210
Section 2. Households as Primary Producers......Page 240
8. Hohokam Household Organization, Sedentism, and Irrigation in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona......Page 242
9. Understanding Households on Their Own Terms......Page 290
10. Late Classic Period Terrace Agriculture in the Lowland Maya Area......Page 320
Section 3. Inter- and Intrahousehold Organization of Production......Page 344
11. Fluctuating Community Organization......Page 346
12. Relationships among Households in the Prehispanic Community of Mesitas in San Agustín, Colombia......Page 374
13. Interhousehold versus Intracommunity Comparisons......Page 402
14. Arrobas, Fanegas, and Mantas......Page 428
Contributors......Page 458
Index......Page 460