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Olmec lithic economy at San Lorenzo

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dc.contributor.authorHirth, Kenneth, author
dc.contributor.authorCyphers, Ann, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-22T15:36:23Z
dc.date.available2020-09-22T15:36:23Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractExamines specialized production for manufacturing obsidian cutting tools at San Lorenzo, Mexico, the first Olmec center in the southern Gulf Coast as Mesoamerica's earliest complex society between 1800-1000 BC. Through systematic analysis of this commodity and importation of raw material, on-site production, and distribution of finished goods.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroducing lithic economy -- The San Lorenzo Olmec -- The Lithic percussion industries of San Lorenzo -- Craft production and pressure blade technology at Puerto Malpica -- Trade and obsidian procurement at San Lorenzo -- Supply side economics: obsidian procurement for craft production at the Malpica Workshop -- The distribution and consumption of obsidian on San Lorenzo Island -- From workshop to consumer: the distribution of obsidian blades from the Malpica workshop -- On the origin and transmission of Mesoamerica obsidian blade technology.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/212463
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
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dc.subjectOlmecs -- Implements -- Economic aspects -- Mexico
dc.subjectObsidian implements -- Mexico
dc.subjectExcavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Antiquities
dc.subjectSan Lorenzo Tenochtitlán Site (Mexico) -- Antiquities
dc.titleOlmec lithic economy at San Lorenzo
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