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A Spectral Haunting of Society: Longue Durèe Archaeologies of Capitalism and Antimarkets in Colonial Guatemala

Pezzarossi, Guido·2015·Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12760-6_15
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This chapter presents an approach to the archaeology of capitalism within Spanish colonial contexts in Guatemala through the archaeology of San Pedro Aguacatepeque, a multicomponent Kaqchikel Maya community occupied from at least 900–1800 AD. I draw on new materialist theories to craft an archaeology of colonial capitalism to challenge trait-based definitions of capitalism as a system of “free” markets. Working from Braudel and De Landa’s conception of capitalism as a system of “antimarkets”—defined as power-manipulated unfree markets and exchanges—I attempt to move beyond the baggage-laden abstract concept of Capitalism by focusing on how unequal power and coerced exchanges structure the changes in market engagement and daily practice that are routinely attributed to an abstract Capitalism, rather than the various actors/actants that catalyze these changes. From this perspective, capitalism, or antimarkets and their effects, are argued to be ever present in human society rather than unique products of the early modern world.

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Authors
Pezzarossi, G.
Affiliations
Syracuse University (US)
Corresponding author
Pezzarossi, Guido
Venue
Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published
2015
Pages
345-373
ISSN
1574-0439 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-12760-6_15
OpenAlex
W816754734
Cited by
9
References
105
Citations by year
2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
FWCI
2.83
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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closed
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Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology/Contributions to global historical archaeology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Historical Studies in Central America
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Latin American history and culture
Keywords
Spanish colonialism, Kaqchikel Maya, tribute system, forced labor, black market, sugar production, alcohol production, market participation, new materialism, longue durée, colonial Guatemala

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