acase@tulane.edu / Given that the economy involves all actors in a society, anthropological archaeology studies of the economy tend to be reductionist in their modelling, particularly of the ancient Maya, as by failing to examine certain segments of the ancient economy the full range of questions and complexities concerning economic interactions cannot be addressed. While much of the current framework for studying the past economy is due to the fragmentary nature of the archaeological record, traditional approaches tend to emphasize top-down studies, focusing on elites and their use of the economy for obtaining and maintaining power, and bottom-up studies which focus on the economic independence of small-scale farmers and householders. Studies of the economy should take a middle ground as it should be seen as a system of multiple economies in which different goods circulated. This dissertation seeks to model the multiple ways economies articulated in the past focusing on utilitarian goods which circulated through different economies. The articulation of economies becomes apparent through studies of the extraction and production of raw materials as access to and exchange of such goods occurs at the intersection of various economies. This dissertation asks, what was the relative role of various actors in the management of raw materials for utilitarian resource production? Examining the access to materials for utilitarian goods highlights the variability in economic practices and the involvement of actors of varying socio-economic statuses in lowland Maya economies. This dissertation focuses on lithic production at a chert quarry and production area in the upper Belize River valley of western Belize during the Late to Terminal Classic Periods (A.D. 670-890). This dissertation finds that local residents managed resources to produce utilitarian tools, indicating economies were a source of integration with and insulation from regional political dynamics. These data suggest we should view lowland Maya economies as complex systems where individuals of different socio-economic statuses negotiated wealth and power. / 1 / Rachel A. Horowitz

abstract: This study analyzed archaeological residential inventories from the center of Sauce and its hinterlands to address the possible appearance of markets and the structure of exchange during the Middle Postclassic period (A.D. 1200-1350) in south-central Veracruz, Mexico. Economic development is rarely the result of a coherent strategy either on the part of managing or consuming elites or on the part of the average consumer. Instead, a combination of strategies and overlapping exchange systems provided the context, rather than any one explanation, for how commercial market exchange develops. Identifying the context is challenging because economies have multiple exchange mechanisms, which require clearly defined expectations that separate spatial and network (distributional) data. This separation is vital because different exchange mechanisms such as centralized redistribution versus central-place marketing produce similar spatial patterns. Recent innovations in identifying exchange mechanisms use network (distributional) instead of spatial expectations. Based on this new body of knowledge, new quantitative methods were developed to distinguish between exchange through social networks versus market exchange for individual items based on comparisons of household inventories, later combining this information with spatial and contextual analyses. First, a Bayesian-inspired Monte Carlo computer simulation was designed to identify exchange mechanisms, using all household items including cooking utensils, serving dishes, chipped stone tools, etc., from 65 residential units from Sauce and its hinterland. Next, the socioeconomic rank of households, GIS spatial analyses, and quality assessments of pottery and other items were used to evaluate social and political aspects of exchange and consumption. The results of this study indicated that most products were unrestricted in access, and spatial analyses showed they were acquired in a market near Sauce. Few restrictions on most of the polychromes, chipped stone, and assorted household items (e.g., spindle whorls) lend strong support to commoner household prominence in developing markets. However, there were exceptions. Dull Buff Polychrome was associated with the Sauce center; analyses showed that its access was restricted through social networks. "Cookie-cutter" style figurines and incense burners also showed restriction. Restricted items found in Sauce and wealthier residences indicate enduring political and social inequalities within market development. For Sauce, a combination of elite and commoner household interests was crucial in supporting the growth of commercial exchange rather than a top-down directive. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Anthropology 2011

La diaspora chinoise a pris de l’ampleur depuis la deuxième moitié du XIXème siècle. En France, la migration de Chinois originaires de la région de Wenzhou, s’est intensifiée depuis les années 1980. Ce sous-groupe de la diaspora chinoise a dès lors rapidement développé ses activités économiques. L’objectif cette thèse consiste à étudier l’organisation économique, sociale et spatiale des migrants de Wenzhou en France, principalement dans la région parisienne, et d’analyser les rapports économiques et sociaux que ceux-ci entretiennent avec la Chine en général et avec leur région d’origine en particulier. L’hypothèse centrale de la thèse est que le « Modèle de Wenzhou » en Chine, tel qu’il est identifié et analysé par les universitaires chinois, et le développement de l’entrepreneuriat chinois issu de Wenzhou en France sont étroitement liés. Pour ce faire, nous interrogerons notamment l’idée d’une « importation » de ce modèle en France. Les résultats de cette thèse permettent de révéler l’existence d’une économie transnationale originale, reliant la France et la Chine, qui a été soutenue par la diaspora Wenzhou et a produit une forme de « transfert migratoire » dans chacun des deux pays. Plus largement, la thèse permet de montrer de quelle manière la diaspora chinoise en France a contribué au développement économique de la Chine et comment elle a pu bénéficier de la nouvelle politique de la Chine initiée au début des années 2000 pour se consolider. / The Chinese diaspora has been growing since the second half of the nineteenth century. In France, the Chinese immigration from the region of the Wenzhou has intensified since the 1980s. This sub-group of the Chinese diaspora has since rapidly expanded its economic activities. The objective of this thesis is to study the economic, social and spatial organization of Wenzhou migrants in France, manly in the Paris region, and to analyze the economic and social relations that they maintain with China in general and with their region of origin in particular. The central hypothesis of the thesis is that the economic “model of Wenzhou” area, as identified and analyzed by the Chinese scholars, and the development of Chinese entrepreneurship in France are closely linked in particular through "Import"of this model in France. The results of our thesis reveal the existence of an original transnational economy connecting France and China, that was supported by the Wenzhou diaspora and that produced a form of "migratory transfer" in each of the two countries. More broadly, the thesis helps to show how the Chinese diaspora in France contributed to the economic development of China, but also how it benefitted from measures included in China's new policy initiated in the early 2000s to consolidate itself.

La culture Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain marque la fin des traditions danubiennes (Néolithique ancien) dans le nord de la France et en Belgique. Les onze sites étudiés sont localisés en Belgique et correspondent au faciès blicquien de cette entité culturelle. Deux aires d’implantation, distantes d’une centaine de km sont distinguées (en Hainaut et en Hesbaye). La mise en œuvre d’une analyse techno-économique de l’industrie lithique blicquienne visait à répondre à un double objectif : restituer l’organisation socio-économique de la production lithique et les relations entretenues entre les différentes zones de peuplement de cette culture. Cette étude souligne la structure duale de la production lithique. Un groupe de tailleurs produit des éclats ou des outils facettés en contexte domestique. Un autre groupe de tailleurs, disposant de compétences spécifiques, débite des lames au sein de chaque maisonnée. Mais les arguments convergent pour envisager le déplacement de ces tailleurs d’une unité d’habitation à l’autre, voire d’un site à l’autre, suggérant alors une spécialisation intra- voire intercommunautaire de cette production laminaire. La diffusion du silex de Ghlin, originaire du bassin de Mons, atteste du déplacement de tailleurs depuis le Hainaut vers la Hesbaye. La diffusion du silex tertiaire bartonien, issu du Bassin parisien, est plus polymorphe. Le déplacement de tailleurs du Bassin parisien vers le Hainaut est envisagé mais n’est certainement pas exclusif. L’intensité des relations entre les villages transparaît à travers cette étude, témoignant de l’importance des échanges dans la vie socio-économique de ces communautés. / In the North of France and Belgium, the Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain culture marks the end of the Danube traditions (Early Neolithic Period). The eleven sites found in Belgium belong to the Blicquian features of this cultural entity. Two settlement areas, separated by 100 km, are highlighted (in Hainaut and in Hesbaye). An analysis of the technical and economical characteristics of the Blicquian lithic industry was performed in order to describe the socio-economic organization relating to the lithic production as well as the relationships between the different settlements areas of this culture. The study concluded that there were two distinct types of production. A group of knappers produced flakes and facetted tools in a domestic context. Another group of knappers, who had specific skills, produced blades which were found in each house. However, arguments converge to suggest that the latter moved from one house to the next and even from a site to another, suggesting some kind of specialization of the laminar production in the community or even among several communities. The circulation of Ghlin flint (probably originating from Hainaut) shows that some knappers moved between Hainaut and Hesbaye. The circulation of tertiary bartonian flint (originating from the Paris Basin) was following more diverse modalities. Some knappers may have moved from the Paris Basin to Hainaut, but it is certainly not the only way that Bartonian flint was introduced on the Blicquian sites. This study shows the intensity of the relations between villages, demonstrating the importance of exchanges for the socio-economical welfare of those agro-pastoral communities.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T18:55:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Marlene.pdf: 1042303 bytes, checksum: 7044fc51104d96cf4f02da18d2f2560d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-27 / This is a study on cooperativism in the current economic and political organization of workers, having as reference the resistance waged by the MST in Maranhão. The historical background of the study is disclosed, presenting the cooperativism as a contradictory tool on the workers struggling process, to the extent that its determinants present two perspectives: one used in the free market idealistic proposals presenting a political and ideological dimension that meet capitalist interests, being currently updated in the processes of flexibilization work; the other, expresses an alternative of resistance and struggle of the workers, which might be an important tool in the context of social struggles, if it is consciously constituted. A historical recovery of cooperativism, is also carried out, as one of the models of agricultural cooperation organized by the MST since the 1980s, when there was an intense worsening of the agrarian question due to the advancement of capitalism in the countryside. The study considers the cooperativism as a major instrument of political and economic organization for farmers, even though in Maranhão this initiative has shown weakness in relation to the economic return to the cooperative members. The main limits pointed out by the leaders in the production sector of the movement, have been: technical and managerial difficulties, lack of production technologies, as well as little support given by the State through public policies that generally follow the logic of the current agricultural policy, allowing the landowner to be the major beneficiary of public funds. The study identifies that somehow, politically, the cooperativism has contributed to the process of resistance within the MST, provided that it has led to the formation of new concepts about the organization of production and labor relations, even though this strategy is posed in a contradictory way. / Trata-se de um estudo sobre o cooperativismo nos processos de organização política e econômica dos trabalhadores na atualidade, tendo como referência a resistência empreendida pelo MST no Maranhão. Expõem-se os fundamentos históricos do estudo, apresentando o cooperativismo como instrumento contraditório no processo de luta dos trabalhadores, na medida em que seus determinantes imprimem-lhe duas perspectivas: uma utilizada nas propostas idealistas de livre mercado apresentando uma dimensão político-ideológica que atende aos interesses capitalistas, sendo hoje reatualizada nos processos de flexibilização do trabalho; e a outra, expressa uma alternativa de resistência e luta dos trabalhadores, que se constituí de forma consciente, pode ser um importante instrumento no contexto das lutas sociais. Faz-se uma recuperação histórica do cooperativismo como uma das modalidades de cooperação agrícola organizada pelo MST desde a década de 1980, no momento de intenso agravamento da questão agrária em face ao avanço do capitalismo no campo. Considera o cooperativismo como importante instrumento de organização política e econômica para os camponeses, ainda que no Maranhão, tal iniciativa apresente fragilidade em relação ao retorno econômico para os cooperados. Os principais limites apontados por líderes do setor de produção do movimento, tem sido: dificuldade técnica e de gestão, ausência de tecnologias de produção, além do pouco incentivo dado pelo Estado, através das políticas públicas que seguem em geral à lógica da política agrícola vigente, permitindo ao latifundiário ser o grande beneficiário dos recursos públicos. O estudo identifica que no plano político, de alguma maneira, o cooperativismo contribui no processo de resistência no interior do MST, na medida em que provoca a formação de novas concepções em torno da organização da produção e das relações de trabalho, mesmo que esta estratégia se manifeste de forma contraditória.

La société bamiléké de l’Ouest Cameroun, marquée par une structure sociale hiérarchisée basée sur des références coutumières en cours d’évolution, est traversée par des conflits repérables dans les rapports sociaux. Ces tensions se cristallisent à l’occasion des cérémonies telles que le deuil d’un roturier, terrain des observations de cette thèse. L’analyse sociologique et ethnologique de ces conflits et des modalités de leur gestion pratique, en vue du déroulement du deuil dans son intégralité, mobilise l’outillage théorique de la négociation et des transactions sociales dans l’élaboration permanente de compromis, ce que ce travail analyse tout au long du processus de deuil. Les sources et méthodes empiriques croisées avec l’appareillage théoriques donnent à voir que, chez les Bamiléké, les parties prenantes, en termes de jeux d’acteurs et en relation avec différents cadres de contraintes (coutumier, socio-économique, temporel…), s’organisent pour gérer les conflits à travers des dynamiques de négociation ou de transactions qui conduisent à des compromis toujours relatifs et provisoires. D’abord marqués par le temps du deuil, ces compromis participent plus largement de la recomposition locale des relations sociales et du rapport tradition/modernité dans la société bamiléké. / The Bamileke society of Western Cameroon, marked by a hierarchical social structure based on customary references in the course of evolution, is crossed by conflicts that can be identified in social relations. These tensions crystallize on the occasion of ceremonies such as the mourning of a commoner, field of the observations of this thesis. The sociological and ethnological analysis of these conflicts and the modalities of their practical management, with a view to the unfolding of mourning ceremonies in its entirety, mobilizing the theoretical tools of negotiation and social transactions in the permanent elaboration of compromises, what this work analyses throughout the grieving process. The empirical sources and methods crossed with the theoretical references show that, relatives of the deceased, in terms of sets of actors and in relation to different frame of constraints (customary, socio-economic, temporal...) organize themselves to manage conflicts through negotiation or transactions dynamics that always lead to relative and temporary compromises. At first marked by the time of mourning, these compromises participate more widely in the local recomposition of social relations and the relationship between tradition and modernity in Bamileke society.