A Surface Survey of Preconquest Trade Networks in Mesoamerica

FAIN: RO-12465-75

University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA 52242-1320)
Thomas H. Charlton (Project Director: January 1975 to present)

To test hypotheses about the significance of trade within the civilization process through the recovery, by means of a surface survey, of archaeological data directly related to the trade activities of the past. The data will permit a refinement of our knowledge about pre- Aztec trade networks as well as pioneer a new approach to the study of trade and all its ramifications.