| Description |
1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Preface / Linda R. Manzanilla -- 1. Introduction: Storage as an analytical marker to study cultural evolution / Mitchell S. Rothman -- The Ancient Near East. 2. Verifying the role of storage : examples from prehistoric ancient Mesopotamia / Mitchell S. Rothman and Enrica Fiandra ; 3. On some possible implications of a newly discovered early Bronze Age, large scale silo complex at Amaziya, Nahal Lachish (Israel) / Ianir Milevski, Eliot Braun, Daniel Varga, and Yigal Israel ; 4. Grain, storage, and state making in Mesopotamia (3000-2000 BC) / Tate Paulette -- The Andean Region. 5. New World bureaucracy at 1500 B.C. : evidence from the Casma Valley of Peru / Thomas Pozorski and Shelia Pozorski ; 6. Storerooms, tokens and administrative devices : an Andean case study / John R. Topic ; 7. Inca storage systems in the imperial heartland (Cuzco, Peru) : risk management, economic growth, and political economy / R. Alan Covey, Kylie E. Quave, and Catherine E. Covey ; 8. Storehouse of seasons and mother of food : an Andean ritual-administrative system / Frank Salomon, Gino de las Casas and Víctor Falcón Huayta -- Mesoamerica. 9. Craft activity and administrative devices at Teotihuacan, central Mexico / Linda R. Manzanilla ; 10. Storage at Xochicalco, Morelos, Mexico / Silvia T. Garza-Tarazona, Claudia Alvarado-León, Norberto González-Crespo, and Beatriz Palavicini-Beltrán ; 11. Storage, tribute, and political administration among the lowland Maya / Michael P. Smyth ; 12. Storage places in the Maya area / Cristina Vidal-Lorenzo, Maria Luisa Vázquez-de-Ágredos-Pascual, and Gaspar Muñoz-Cosme ; 13. Storage and administration in the Aztec Empire / José Luis de Rojas -- Conclusion. 14. Final thoughts / Mitchell S. Rothman and Linda R. Manzanilla |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Warehouses -- History -- To 1500
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Warehouses.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rothman, Mitchell S., 1952- editor, author.
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Manzanilla, Linda, editor, author.
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| ISBN |
9781315520964 |
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1315520966 |
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9781315520971 |
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1315520974 |
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9781629583051 |
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1629583057 |
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9781629583044 |
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1629583049 |
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