This thesis explores the social significance of prestige artifacts from the site of San Andrés, which was part of the Barí riverine network that supported La Venta, a paramount Middle Formative Gulf Coast center located in present-day Tabasco, Mexico. In Formative period Mesoamerica, high-status goods were significant components of cultural practice and a source of social, political, and ideological power. Centralized control over systems of elite good acquisition, production, distribution, and consumption provided the means to structure relationships, compete for prestige, and define ideological conceptions of social order. This study investigates the role of these socially significant items in the context of subsidiary community and within the framework of a primary-secondary site relationship. / Submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Summer 2003. / July 8, 2003. / prestige, artifacts, San Andres, La Venta, status, gifting, ritual / Includes bibliographical references. / Mary E.D. Pohl, Professor Directing Thesis; Rochelle A. Marriman, Committee Member; William Parkinson, Committee Member; Michael A. Uzendoski, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_330808 |
| Contributors | Perrett, Allison S. (authoraut), Pohl, Mary (professor directing thesis), Marrinan, Rochelle A. (committee member), Parkinson, William A. (committee member), Uzendoski, Michael, 1968- (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institutiondgg), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of Anthropology (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (xx, 267 leaves : illustrations, maps), computer, application/pdf |
| Coverage | Mexico, Mexico, La Venta (Mexico) |
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