Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Household as Analytical Unit -- Section 1: Household Production Organization -- 2. Occupation Span and the Organization of Residential Activities -- 3. Production and Consumption in the Countryside -- 4. Iroquoian Households -- 5. Activity Areas and Households in the Late Mississippian Southeast United States -- 6. The Social Evolution of Potters' Households in Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico, 1965-1997 -- 7. Pots and Agriculture -- Section 2: Households as Primary Producers -- 8. Hohokam Household Organization, Sedentism, and Irrigation in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona -- 9. Understanding Households on Their Own Terms -- 10. Late Classic Period Terrace Agriculture in the Lowland Maya Area -- Section 3: Inter- and Intrahousehold Organization of Production -- 11. Fluctuating Community Organization -- 12. Relationships among Households in the Prehispanic Community of Mesitas in San Agustín, Colombia -- 13. Interhousehold versus Intracommunity Comparisons -- 14. Arrobas, Fanegas, and Mantas -- Contributors -- Index.