ANTHROP 3CA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Bonoman, Tohono O'Odham People, Pochteca
16 Apr 2018
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Consumer travels to potter. (production on consignment) Potter and consumer travel to a third location. (market, fair, or street corner) Pottery exchanged through a middleman. (secondary distribution) Potter takes goods to a central redistributive center. (state control systems) * these pottery specifics are part of a greater economic structure/system of exchange! Reciprocity: movement of goods, between individuals, based on equal/symmetrical relationships. Balanced reciprocity (socially controlled gift exchanges, bride-price, etc. ) Papago of the us sw traded pottery for coffee, beans, or corn. Begho of ghana traded pottery for plantain, cocoyam, palm nuts and dried cassava. Workshop potters of vounaria, greece, exchanged their wares for wheat. Redistribution: ideally goods are accumulates, moved to a center, and then reallocated (pooling of goods, centrality). Four types: levelling (potlach, domestic household pooling, share-out (from co-operative activities, mobilization (appropriation of goods for a separate entity) Exchange: a process by which goods are moved and change hands in return for other goods.
