Emerging economies

Abstract

Katina Lillios. I entered graduate school largely bereft of any practical understanding of what it meant to be a professional anthropologist and archaeologist in the 21st century. Dr. Lillios saw something in me that I did not see in myself, and she provided me with a template from which to work: how to think about the past, why we think about the past, how to navigate the impossibly byzantine world of academic anthropology and international archaeological research. And then there was the nuts and bolts stuff: the seminars, making lectures, writing and publishing articles, doing fieldwork abroad, teaching undergraduates, presenting posters and talks, creating a CV, navigating the rough waters of annual meetings, excavating, applying for grants-a myriad of small but unequivocally important parts of being an anthropologist and being a professional one. Katina: thank you for all of your hard-work, your guidance, for having patience, and for teaching me how to think about the relationship between the people of the present and the people of the past. I will miss sitting in your office and talking about all of the possibilities. I would also like to mention the importance of Dr. Michael Chibnik in terms of the evolution of my thinking as anthropologist, and for giving my understanding of how and why people make things a solid economic footing-a tool that I could actually apply to prehistoric craftspeople in Neolithic Iberia, people who specialized in making large numbers of standardized objects by hand. Mike also taught me how to think and write v clearly, how to compose a grant, how to analyze data, and how to give an interview. I am in his debt. Thank you also to the other members of my committee, Dr. , for teaching me how to work with and analyze material culture. To John Whittaker for writing work that inspired me, and made me want to pursue archaeology. And last but not least to James Enloe, who's endless, gentle guidance shepherded me through graduate school. Thanks, Jim. A special thanks to my wife, colleague, and general partner in crime, Dr. Anna Joy Waterman. Anna was my model in graduate school, preceding me by several stages, and a crucial part of my development as a scholar. She has made me both a better scientist and a better writer. This dissertation would simply not have been possible without her. Hats off to Anna, the most patient and hardest working person I know. A special thanks as well to Isabel Luna, Carlos Assunção, and the entire staff of the Museu Municipal Leonel Trindade de Torres Vedras. This work would not have been possible without Isabel's tireless support and immense knowledge of the archaeology of the Torres Vedras region. Isabel was key in making it possible that I was able to carry out my work at the Museu Municipal Leonel Trindade, and endlessly helpful. Also, to Dr.