Ref ID:	25811
Ref Type:	Book Section in a Series
Authors:	Flad, Rowan K. Hruby, Zachary X.
Title:	Specialized production in archaeological contexts: rethinking specialization, the social value of products, and the practice of production
Date:	2007
Source:	Rethinking craft specialization in complex societies: archaeological analyses of the social meaning of production
Place of Publication:	Berkeley, CA
Publisher:	University of California Press
Abstract:	The contributions to this volume are introduced via a critical review of terms and concepts used in craft production studies today. Recent detailed contextual and technological analysis of artifacts from all aspects of complex societies have revealed interesting patterns that are difficult to conceptualize using a purely economic framework. Furthermore, interest in practice theory, and sociocultural theory in general, has shifted some foci of archaeological investigation toward the social aspects of production and specialization. New data, methods, and theories require a rethinking of what is meant by specialized production, and this chapter represents an introduction to this endeavor.
Date Created:	10/22/2007
Editors:	Hruby, Zachary X. Flad, Rowan K.
Number:	17
Page Start:	1
Page End:	19
Series Editor:	Rocek, Thomas R.
Series Title:	Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association