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Book SynopsisExamines the extent to which economic processes were driven by and integrated with religious ritual in ancient Mesoamerica. This book explores how traditional rituals intertwined with various sectors of the economy. It questions the idea that materialism alone motivates the production, exchange, and use of objects.
Table of ContentsContents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1: Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Materialization as Ritual and Economic Process; E. Christian Wells and Karla L. Davis-Salazar; Part I: Acquisition; 2: Faenas, Ferias, and Fiestas: Ritual Finance in Ancient and Modern Honduras; E. Christian Wells; 3: Ritual, Crafting, and Agency at the Classic Maya Kingdom of Cancuen; Brigitte Kovacevich; 4: Addicted to Rituals of Contested Meanings in Colonial Mexico; Enrique Rodriguez-Alegria; 5: Ritual Pilgrimage and Material Transfers in Prehispanic Northwest Mexico; E. Christian Wells and Ben A. Nelson; 6: Ritual, Politics, and Pottery Economies in the Classic Maya Southern Lowlands; Antonia E. Foias; Part II: Consumption; 7: Ritual Consumption and the Origins of Social Inequality in Early Formative Cop n, Honduras; Karla L. Davis-Salazar; 8: Polity Produced and Community Consumed: Negotiating Political Centralization through Ritual in the Lower Rio Verde Valley, Oaxaca; Sarah B. Barber and Arthur A. Joyce; 9: Material Dimensions of Aztec Religion and Ritual; Frances F. Berdan; 10: The Roles of the Ballgames in Mesoamerican Ritual Economy; Barbara W. Fash and William L. Fash; Part III: Reflection; 11: Ritual and Political Economies; Katherine A. Spielmann; 12: Ritual Economy and the Negotiation of Autarky and Interdependence in a Ritual Mode of Production; John M. Watanabe; Index
