Formative Mesoamerican Exchange Networks with Special Reference to the Valley of Oaxaca

Contents
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Plates
Agradecimientos
I. Formative Mesoamerican Archeology and Exchange Models
	Introduction
	Previous Models for Formative "Trade"
	The Varieties of Exchange in Formative Mesoamerica
	Exchange under Conditions of Reciprocity
	Exchange under Conditions of Redistribution
	Chronology of the Early and Middle Formative
II. Obsidian Exchange Networks in Formative Mesoamerica
	Obsidian: Methodology and Raw Data
	The Early Formative: Obsidian Exchange Networks Linking Villages
	The Middle Formative: Obsidian Exchange Networks Linking Villages
	The Distribution of Obsidian in Formative Oaxacan Households
	Summary
III. Iron Ore Mirror Exchange Networks in Formative Mesoamerica
	Iron Ore: Methodology and Raw Data
	The Early Formative: Magnetite Mirror Production and Exchange
	The Middle Formative: Localized Iron Ore Mirror Production
	Canada Carreta Survey: Fluvial Dispersal of Iron Ore
	Summary
IV. Shell Exchange Networks
	Shells: Methodology and Raw Data
	The Early Formative: Shell Exchange Networks Linking Villages
	The Middle Formative: Shell Exchange Networks Linking Villages
	The Distribution of Shell among Formative Households: An Example from Oaxaca
	Summary
V. Additional Commodities Which Figured in Early and Middle Formative Exchange
	Ritual Paraphernalia
	"Specular Hematite" Pigment
	Ceramics
VI. Summary and Conclusions
Appendixes
	I. Other Reported Mesoamerican Obsidian Sources
	II. Mossbauer Spectroscopy, by B. J. Evans
Resumen en Espanol
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