Figures

2.1. Blackfoot Aboriginal territory and hunting range

2.2. Kills Inside

2.3. Blackfoot painted tipi with bundles exposed to the sun

3.1. Map of Ohio River Valley and its tributaries depicting Archaic sites and cultures

3.2. Ohio River Valley Archaic tanglegram

4.1. Map showing location of the central Mesa Verde region, the Village Ecodynamics Project study area, and the major sites discussed in text

4.2. Annual estimates of maize productivity for the VEP II study area, AD 600–1300

4.3. Scatterplot showing the relationship between discard of cooking pot sherds and chipped stone debris from screened assemblages at forty-five sites dating between AD 600 and 1300 in the central Mesa Verde region VEP II study area

4.4. Ratio of bowl to cooking jar pottery sherds from screened assemblages at thirty-two tree-ring–dated sites in the central Mesa Verde region VEP II study area

4.5. Whole and partial pottery vessels left behind by the household that occupied Block 500 at Sand Canyon Pueblo

5.1. Map of the Cerén site, El Salvador

5.2. Polychrome jar made in the Copan Valley, imported by elites, and available in a marketplace for commoners

5.3. Manioc planting beds, with walkways between

5.4. Artist’s rendition of Structure 10

6.1. Location of Chunchucmil in the Maya lowlands

6.2. Rollout of Classic Maya painted vase showing woven baskets holding tribute payments in a royal court

6.3. Classic Maya carved bowl showing the Merchant God carrying goods in a woven back rack

6.4. Monumental Arch at the Classic Maya city of Labna

6.5. Elite Classic Maya cylindrical ceramic vase painted to resemble a woven basket

7.1. Major obsidian sources in the South-Central Andes (Chivay, Alca, and Quispisisa) and the least-cost paths to archaeological sites in Lake Titicaca Basin

7.2. Chronological chart for the Lake Titicaca Basin

7.3. Taraco site map

7.4. Pukara site map

7.5. Obsidian artifacts from the Central Pampa at Pukara

8.1. Side room versus main room bins in fully excavated buildings at Çatalhöyük

8.2. Primary deposits of botanical and faunal remains inside burned Building 52

9.1. Number of imported Greek vases found in coastal northeastern Spain and southern France

9.2. Kriging results for the distribution of Greek vases, 650–300 BCE

9.3. Kriging results for the distribution of kraters, 650–300 BCE

9.4. Kriging results for the distribution for Greek vases for eating, 650–300 BCE

9.5. Kriging results for the distribution of Greek transport amphorai, 650–300 BCE

10.1. West-central Senegal, mid-nineteenth century: ethnic groups and kingdoms

10.2. “Traditional” protohistoric provinces in Senegal

10.3. Mbacké earthen mound, McIntosh Survey 1988–89

10.4. King of Kajoor negotiating exchange fees with European merchant

10.5. Residential landscapes, Central Siin, eighteenth–nineteenth centuries

11.1. Porcelain dish with underglaze blue decoration, Yuan dynasty, fourteenth century

11.2. Porcelain bowl with underglaze blue decoration, from the Nanjing Cargo, eighteenth century