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Exotic Goods, Chivay Obsidian, and Sociopolitical change in the south-central Andes
Trade and Exchange: Archaeological Studies from History and Prehistory (2010)
  • Nicholas Tripcevich, University of California, Berkeley
Abstract

This study connects household-level long-distance exchange of ordinary goods with research into the emergence of complex societies at high altitudes in the southcentral Andes.

Keywords
  • Exchange,
  • Trade,
  • Andes,
  • obsidian,
  • social complexity
Publication Date
2010
Editor
Dillian, Carolyn, and Carolyn White
Publisher
Springer Press
ISBN
1441910719
Citation Information
Nicholas Tripcevich. "Exotic Goods, Chivay Obsidian, and Sociopolitical change in the south-central Andes" New YorkTrade and Exchange: Archaeological Studies from History and Prehistory (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tripcevich/5/