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Beyond collapse : archaeological perspectives on resilience, revitalization, and transformation in complex societies / edited by Ronald K. Faulseit.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Occasional paper (Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Center for Archaeological Investigations) ; no. 42.
- Visiting scholar conference volumes
- Occasional paper ; number 42
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social archaeology.
- Civilization, Ancient.
- Social systems--History.
- Social systems.
- Social evolution.
- Ethnoarchaeology.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (553 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Maya.The Romans.The great dynasties of ancient China.It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared.A recent trend in archaeology, however, focusing on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful societies has found social resilience and transformation instead of collapse.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Other Visiting Scholar Conference Volumes
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures List
- Tables List
- Preface
- I. Setting the Stage
- 1. Collapse, Resilience, and Transformation in Complex Societies: Modeling Trends and Understanding Diversity - Ronald K. Faulseit
- 2. Why Collapse Is So Difficult to Understand - Joseph A. Tainter
- II. Reframing Narratives of Societal Transformation
- 3. After Monte Albán in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca: A Reassessment - Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas
- 4. New Perspectives on the Collapse and Regeneration of the Han Dynasty - Tristram R. Kidder, Liu Haiwang, Michael J. Storozum, and Qin Zhen
- 5. Requestioning the Classic Maya Collapse and the Fall of the Roman Empire: Slow Collapse - Rebecca Storey and Glenn R. Storey
- 6. A Historical Processual Approach to Continuity and Change in Classic and Postclassic Yucatan - Scott Hutson, Iliana Ancona Aragón, Miguel Covarrubias Reyna, Zachary Larsen, Katie Lukach, Shannon E. Plank, Richard E. Terry, and Willem Vanessendelft
- 7. The Dangers of Diversity: The Consolidation and Dissolution of Cahokia, Native North America's First Urban Polity - Thomas E. Emerson and Kristin M. Hedman
- III. Resilience Theory and Societal Transformation
- 8. Release and Reorganization in the Tropics: A Comparative Perspective from Southeast Asia - Gyles Iannone
- 9. Reestablishment of Complex Societies following Collapse and Abandonment in Nasca, Peru - Christina A. Conlee
- 10. The Decline and Reorganization of Southwestern Complexity: Using Resilience Theory to Examine the Collapse of Chaco Canyon - Jakob W. Sedig
- 11. Transformation without Collapse: Two Cases from the U.S. Southwest - Andrea Torvinen, Michelle Hegmon, Ann P. Kinzig, Margaret C. Nelson, Matthew A. Peeples, Colleen Strawhacker, Karen G. Schollmeyer, and Laura Swantek.
- 12. Tres Zapotes: The Evolution of a Resilient Polity in the Olmec Heartland of Mexico - Christopher A. Pool and Michael L. Loughlin
- IV. Long-Term Resilience and Adaptive Strategies
- 13. Finding Resilience in Ritual and History in the Lake Okeechobee Basin - Victor D. Thompson
- 14. Resilience and Persistent Places in the Mississippi River Delta of Southeastern Louisiana - Christopher B. Rodning and Jayur M. Mehta
- 15. Political Economy and Craft Production before and after the Collapse of Mississippian Chiefdoms - Maureen Meyers
- V. Postcollapse Resilience and Reorganization
- 16. Crafting a Response to Collapse: Ceramic and Textile Production in the Wake of Tiwanaku State Breakdown - Nicola Sharratt
- 17. Collapse, Regeneration, and the Origins of Tula and the Toltec State - J. Heath Anderson, Dan M. Healan, and Robert H. Cobean
- 18. Reconsidering Collapse: Identity, Ideology, and Postcollapse Settlement in the Argolid - Katie Lantzas
- 19. A Tale of Two Cities: Continuity and Change following the Moche Collapse in the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru - Kari A. Zobler and Richard C. Sutter
- 20. Household Adaptation and Reorganization in the Aftermath of the Classic Maya Collapse at Baking Pot, Belize - Julie A. Hoggarth and Jaime J. Awe
- Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3400-3
- OCLC:
- 931803982
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