James M. Potter
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Using case studies from around the globe-including Mesoamerica, North and South America, Africa, China, and the Greco-Roman world-and across multiple time periods, the authors in this volume make the case that abundance provides an essential explanatory perspective on ancient peoples' choices and activities. Economists frequently focus on scarcity as a driving principle in the development of social and economic hierarchies, yet focusing on plenitude...
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
This volume celebrates and examines the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center's past, present, and future by providing a backdrop for the not-for-profit's beginnings and highlighting key accomplishments in research, education, and American Indian initiatives over the past four decades. Specific themes include Crow Canyon's contributions to projects focused on community and regional settlement patterns, human-environment relationships, public education...