The Organization of Chipped-Stone Economies at Piedras Negras ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………… xiii
LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………. xvi
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION…………………………………….…… 1
1.1: THE SAMPLE AND THE ANALYSIS………………………………. 6
1.2: OUTLINE OF THE STUDY………………………………………….. 9
CHAPTER 2: THEORY AND MODELS…………………………….…. 11
2.1: ECONOMIC THEORY AND MODELS……………………………... 11
2.1.1: Models of Independent Lithic Economy……………………. 12
2.1.2: Models of Dependent Lithic Economy………………….…... 18
2.1.3: Summary…………………………………………………….. 20
2.1.4: Previous Studies as a Point of Departure……………………. 22
2.1.5: Bourdieu and the Role of Practice Theory in this Study……. 28
2.2: DEFINING CATEGORIES OF IDEAS………………………………. 33
2.2.1: World View………………………………………………….. 35
2.2.2: Ideology……………………………………………………... 37
2.3: IDEAS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SYMBOLISM: THE SOCIAL SIDE
OF CRAFT PRODUCTION……………………………………………….. 39
2.3.1: Ritualized Production……………………………………….. 44
2.3.2: Mythological Charter and the Creation of Social
Identity………………………………………………………….….. 51
2.4: AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR THE CHIPPED-STONE
ECONOMIES OF PIEDRAS NEGRAS…………………………………... 55
CHAPTER 3: PREVIOUS AND PRESENT RESEARCH AT
PIEDRAS NEGRAS………………………………………………………….. 60
3.1: ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND HISTORY AT
PIEDRAS NEGRAS……………………………………………………….. 60
3.1.1: Lithic Research……………………………………………… 60
3.1.2: General Excavations and Interpretations of Piedras Negras
History….………………………………………………………….. 63
3.2: THE TESTS AND METHODS……………………………………….. 75
3.2.1: Parameters of Analysis and Assumptions…………………… 78
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