Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
1. Introducing Lithic Economy
2. The San Lorenzo Olmec
3. The Lithic Percussion Industries of San Lorenzo
4. Craft Production and Pressure Blade Technology at Puerto Malpica
5. Trade and Obsidian Procurement at San Lorenzo
6. Supply Side Economics: Obsidian Procurement for Craft Production at the Malpica Workshop
7. The Distribution and Consumption of Obsidian on San Lorenzo Island
8. From Workshop to Consumer: The Distribution of Obsidian Blades from the Malpica Workshop
9. On the Origin and Transmission of Mesoamerican Obsidian Blade Technology
10. Olmec Lithic Economy: What Have We Learned?
Appendix A: Technological Categories for Core-Blade Production at the Malpica Workshop
Appendix B: Obsidian Craft Production and Progressive Core-Blade Technology in the Central Mexican Highlands (K. Hirth, O. Espinosa Severino, N. Johnson, B. Gentil, and A. Cyphers)
Appendix C: Chemical Characterization of Obsidian Artifacts from Consumption Contexts at San Lorenzo (M. Glascock, R. Speakman, and E. Dyrdahl)
Appendix D: Obsidian Acquisition and the Chemical Characterization of Obsidian Artifacts at the Malpica Workshop (E. Dyrdahl and S. Carr)
Notes
References
Index