Craft Specialization and Social Evolution: In Memory of V. Gordon Childe. Bernard Wailes editor. 1996. Monograph No. 93, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, xii + 241 pp., 35 figures, 2 tables, references cited. $40.00 (cloth).

Garlake, P. The Hunter's Vision: The Prehistoric Art of Zimbabwe. Seattle: University of Washington Press and London: British Museum, 1995. 176 pp. including line drawings and color plates, references and index. Kingery, W. D., ed. Learning From Things: Method and Theory of Material Culture Studies. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. x + 262 pp. including figures and chapter references. Michaels, E. Bad Aboriginal Art: Tradition, Media and Technological Horizons. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994. xix + 204 pp. including references and index. Wailes, B., ed. Craft Specialization and Social Evolution: In Memory of V. Gordon Childe. Philadelphia: The University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1996. xii + 295 pp. including plates, maps and figures, chapter references.

Craft Specialization and Social Evolution: In Memory of V. Gordon Childe

Introduction to the Archaeology of Tikal, Guatemala. William R. Coe and William A. Haviland. University Museum Monograph 46, Tikal Report No. 12, series editors William R. Coe and William A. Haviland, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1982. xii + 100 pp., figures, appendices, biblio. $25.00 (cloth). - The Monuments and Inscriptions of Tikal: The Carved Monuments. Christopher Jones and Linton Satterthwaite. University Museum Monograph 44, Tikal Report No. 33, Pt. A, series editors William R. Coe and William A. Haviland, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1982. xiv + 138 pp., illus., tables, charts, biblio. $60.00 (cloth). - Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphics Inscriptions, Vol. 6, Pt. 1. Mathews. Peter . Peabody Museum Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1983. 63 pp. $12.00 (paper). - The Mirror, The Rabbit, and The Bundle: “Accession” Expressions from the Classic Maya Inscriptions. Linda Schele and Jeffrey H. Miller. Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology No. 25, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., 1983. 99 pp., tables, biblio. $12.00 (paper). - Volume 50 Issue 1

The control of craft specialization is used in hierarchical societies to both attain and maintain power. For example, in the Mississippian world shell bead production at Cahokia and Moundville was located near or on mounds, suggesting chiefly control of production. At the same time, most Mississippian chiefdoms did not resemble Cahokia or Moundville. That is, Mississippian chiefly power varied and so did the role of crafting in that power. While craft specialization is a hallmark of hierarchical societies, its beginnings lie in craft production that includes ceramics, shell working, and fiber. In the Southeast many of these activities were likely done by women. The important role of craft specialization in Mississippian hierarchies begs the question then, what role did women play in the transformation of craft production into craft specialization and therefore what role did they play in Mississippian hierarchical power? At Mississippian frontiers power was more autonomous and gender roles may have been less rigid. This chapter explores the evidence for women’s craft production at a Mississippian frontier and discuss how craft production there played a key role in emerging power. It will also compare regional data to identify the range of women’s roles during the Mississippian period of Southern Appalachia.

ArchaeometryVolume 20, Issue 2 p. 200-203 CALIBRATION AND THE RADIOCARBON CHRONOLOGY OF LATE MINOAN IB P. P. BETANCOURT, P. P. BETANCOURT Temple University, University Museum and Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorH. N. MICHAEL, H. N. MICHAEL Temple University, University Museum and Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorG. A. WEINSTEIN, G. A. WEINSTEIN Temple University, University Museum and Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author P. P. BETANCOURT, P. P. BETANCOURT Temple University, University Museum and Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorH. N. MICHAEL, H. N. MICHAEL Temple University, University Museum and Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorG. A. WEINSTEIN, G. A. WEINSTEIN Temple University, University Museum and Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author First published: August 1978 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.1978.tb00232.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume20, Issue2August 1978Pages 200-203 RelatedInformation

The Monuments and Inscriptions of Caracol, Belize. Carl P. Beetz and Linton Satterthwaite. University Museum Monograph No. 45, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1981. xiii + 132 pp., illus., biblio. Cloth. - Volume 49 Issue 1

ArchaeometryVolume 22, Issue 1 p. 81-86 A BRONZE FIGURE OF TUTANKHAMUN: TECHNICAL STUDIES B. FISHMAN, B. FISHMAN MASCA, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorS. J. FLEMING, S. J. FLEMING MASCA, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author B. FISHMAN, B. FISHMAN MASCA, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorS. J. FLEMING, S. J. FLEMING MASCA, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author First published: February 1980 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.1980.tb00268.xCitations: 7AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume22, Issue1February 1980Pages 81-86 RelatedInformation

Recent archaeological approaches to craft specialization have championed a perspective that gives politics primacy over economics (Brumfiel and Earle 1987: 1–2; Earle 1987: 64 – 67; Peregrine 1991: 8). In this view, “attached specialization” develops under elite coercive control (Brumfiel and Earle 1987: 5; Costin 1991, 1998, 2001). Elites patronize the production of hand-crafted, labor-intensive (Clark and Parry 1990: 319) and hard-to-acquire, exotic goods (Helms 1993)—the quintessential status markers and prestige technologies (Hayden 1995: 258)—and hand these goods out to supporters and allies, allowing them to convert surpluses of staple goods into primitive wealth (Brumfiel and Earle 1987: 7; Clark and Parry 1990: 323; D’Altroy and Earle 1985; Earle 1987: 68–69). “Redistribution” is not about subsistence and utilitarian goods; it is a political rather than economic phenomenon (D’Altroy 1992: 68, 184) and a redistributive system is not to be confused with a centrally planned economy. On the north coast of Peru, craft specialization has played a pivotal role in modeling Chimu political economy and imperial expansion. Existing models portray the Chimu economy as a poster child of the political approach. Based on his excavations of production facilities and artisans’ residences at Chan Chan, Topic (2003: 269) argues that “the focus of the Chan Chan economy was craft production and the development of its specific storage and administrative pattern was intended to support that economy.” That storage and administrative pattern was highly centralized, with both storage and administrators concentrated at a single site: Chan Chan (Topic 2003). Chan Chan was composed of ten sequentially occupied ciudadelas or palaces (Cavallaro 1991; Kolata 1978, 1982), surrounded by elite compounds and small irregular agglutinated rooms (SIAR). Here, up to 12,000 artisans—virtually the entire adult population (Topic 2003: 269)—was internally stratified and organized in “horizontally integrated,” multi-craft workshops and engaged in the production of luxury and wealth items on behalf of the ruling elite (Topic 1977, 1982, 1990). Thus, all residents were either themselves elite or retainers of the elite; all activities focused on the palaces of the reigning lords.

Map of the Ruins of Tikal, El Peten, Guatemala. Robert F. Carr and James E. Hazard. Tikal Reports No. 11, Museum Monographs, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1961. iv + 26 pp., 1 fig., 10 folded maps in pocket. $5.00. - Volume 28 Issue 1

Early Man in the Eden Valley. John H. Moss, in collaboration with Kirk Bryan, G. Bryan, Linton SatterthwaiteJr. , Henry P. Hansen, C. Bertrand Schultz, and W. D. Frankforter. Museum Monographs, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1951. 124 pp., 32 figs., 9 pis. $1.50. - Volume 20 Issue 3

The Arctic Woodland Culture of the Kobuk River. J. L. GiddingsJr. Museum Monographs, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1952. ix + 143 pp., 43 figs., 46 pls. $2.50. - Volume 22 Issue 2Part1

Carbon-14 and the Beginning of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean

Through Time, Across Continents:. Hundred Years of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University Museum. Dilys Pegler Winegrad. Philadelphia: The University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1993. xviii. 226 pp, 14 color plates, 115 b/w figs., index. $80.00 (cloth).

In this study I have argued that the relationship between change in craft production and the development of complex societies is multifaceted, involving several different processes. Three important and relevant processes that should be investigated are the development of social stratification, the development of political centralization, and increase in social heterogeneity. Change in the nature of production and use of prestige goods, relatively labor-intensive items used for special occasions that bring honor and pride to the consumer, can be linked to one or more of these processes. I conclude that craft specialization in China was not a causal factor in the development of political centralization, but it changed in response to the development of social stratification.KeywordsFood ContainerCeramic VesselCraft ProductionFermented BeverageYellow River ValleyThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

L . T. Shoe Meritt, I. E. M. Edlund-Bhrry: Etruscan and Republican Roman Mouldings. A reissue of the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome XXVIII, 1965 by Lucy T. Shoe. (University Museum Monograph 107.) Vol. I: pp. xxxvi + 233, ills. Vol. II: 78 loose folding pls. Philadelphia: The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania in cooperation with The American Academy in Rome (distributed by University of Texas Press, Austin), 2000. Cased, US$85. ISBN: 0-924171-77-4. - Volume 54 Issue 1