Overview

This book provides a fresh and unique global perspective on the study of caravans by bringing together a wealth of up-to-date research that explores the similarities and divergences of caravan lifeways in Africa, Eurasia, the Near East, Southwest Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Andes. The volume presents theoretical frameworks for caravan assessment and intercultural caravan crossings, pushing the boundaries of caravan route history and archaeology to consider the emergence, evolution, maintenance, and adaptations of caravans. Drawing from anthropological, archaeological, historical, geographical, economic, social, political, and art historical perspectives, the volume will be attractive to scholars of these disciplines and beyond who are interested in social issues embedded on trade, travel, and nomadism. .

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Author:   Persis B. Clarkson ,  Calogero M. Santoro
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367773007

ISBN 10:   0367773007
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   30 November 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Calogero M. Santoro and Persis B. Clarkson 1. Early Modern Caravan Networks in Afghanistan: A View From Above Kate Franklin Emily Boak 2. Travel Times Versus Transport Costs on Maya Rivers Ronald Canter 3. Assessing Human Mobility and Dietary Patterns in the Atacama Desert Using Stable Isotopes: The Tarapacá Case (AD 900-1450) Francisca Santana-Sagredo, Julia Lee-Thorp, Rick Schulting, Mauricio Uribe, and Chris Harrod 4. Historic Caravans in Tanzania: Toward Reinvigorating Multidiscipliary Exploration Thomas John Biginagwa 5. From Northwest Argentina to the Atacama Desert: Circulation, Goods, and Value (900 BC – AD 400) Francisco Gallardo, Benjamín Ballester, Gloria Cabello, Carole Sinclaire, Itaci Correa, Gonzalo Pimentel, and Estefanía Vidal 6. Wari State Control of Camelid Caravan Traffic Between the Coast and Highlands of the Southern Nasca Region, Peru Matthew J. Edwards 7. Caravans and Long Distance Trade in Roman Egypt Matt Gibbs 8. The Overland ""Great Silk Road"": Myths and Realities (A Politically Incorrect Paper on a Politically Correct Subject) Anatoly M. Khazanov 9. Birth and Growth of Medieval Trans-Saharan Trade in West Africa: The Example of the Caravan City of Sijilmasa (Morocco) Chloé Capel 10. Caravanner and Herder-Horticulturalist Connections on an Atacama Desert Trafficking Route AD 950-1450 José Berenguer 11. Maritime Trails: The Sea Route from the Mediterranean to China in Precolonial Times John N. Miksic 12. Neither Caravanners Nor Herders: Participation by The Coastal and Lowland Peoples in the Caravan Network of the Northern Atacama Desert, Chile, AD 1000-1535Daniela Valenzuela, Bárbara Cases, Calogero M. Santoro, Paola Leiva, Persis B. Clarkson, Francisca Urrutia, and Adrian Oyaneder 13. Human Caravans of Mesoamerica Persis B. Clarkson and William R. Fowler"

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Persis B. Clarkson’s archaeological research spans the western deserts of the Americas, the tropical forests of Mesoamerica, and the boreal forests of Canada. She teaches anthropology at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada, and is a temporary but keenly observant inhabitant of the Atacama Desert. Calogero M. Santoro lives at the Instituto de Alta Investigación at the Universidad de Tarapacá in Arica, Chile, where multidisciplinary research ranges through socialcultural changes and climate variability from the Pleistocene to the present in hyperarid environments.

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