Contents

List of Figures

CHAPTER 1 The Archaeology of Abundance

Monica L. Smith

CHAPTER 2 Rethinking the Impact of Abundance on the Rhythm of Bison Hunter Societies

María Nieves Zedeño

CHAPTER 3 Abundance in the Archaic: A Dwelling Perspective

Christopher R. Moore and Christopher W. Schmidt

CHAPTER 4 Water, Wind, Breath: Seeking Abundance in the Northern American Southwest

Mark D. Varien, James M. Potter, and Tito E. Naranjo

CHAPTER 5 Abundance in the Ancient Maya Village of Cerén?

Payson Sheets

CHAPTER 6 Savanna Products and Resource Abundance: Asking the Right Questions about Ancient Maya Trade and Urbanism

Traci Ardren

CHAPTER 7 Abundant Exotics and Cavalier Crafting: Obsidian Use and Emerging Complexity in the Northern Lake Titicaca Basin

Elizabeth Klarich, Abigail Levine, and Carol Schultze

CHAPTER 8 Coping with Abundance: The Challenges of a Good Thing

Katheryn C. Twiss and Amy Bogaard

CHAPTER 9 Pottery: Abundance, Agency, and Choice

Justin St. P. Walsh

CHAPTER 10 “Excessive Economies” and the Logics of Abundance: Genealogies of Wealth, Labor, and Social Power in Pre-Colonial Senegal

François G. Richard

CHAPTER 11 Production, Distribution, and Aesthetics: Abundance and Chinese Porcelain from Jingdezhen, AD 1350–1800

Stacey Pierson

List of Contributors

Index