Alternative Pathways to Complexity edited by Lane F. Fargher and Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fargher, Lane F., Editor.

Contributor:

Heredia Espinoza, Verenice Y., editor.

Fargher, Lane, editor.

Blanton, Richard E., honouree.

Knowledge Unlatched, Funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological complexity.

Archaeology--Cross-cultural studies.

Archaeology.

Architecture and archaeology.

Economic anthropology.

Social archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO University Press of Colorado 2016

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Focuses on architecture, economics, and power in the evolution of complex societies. Case studies from Mesoamerica, Asia, Africa, and Europe examine the relationship between political structures and economic configurations of ancient chiefdoms and states through a framework of comparative archaeology"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

It was the economy, stupid / Stephen A. Kowalewski

Alternative pathways to power in formative Oaxaca / Arthur A. Joyce and Sarah B. Barber

Built space as political fields : community vs. lineage strategies in the Tequila Valleys / Christopher S. Beekman

Complexity without centralization : corporate power in postclassic Jalisco / Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza

Central Precinct Plaza : replication and corporate groups in Mesoamerica / Barbara L. Stark

Featherwork as a commodity complex in the late postclassic Mesoamerican world system / Frances F. Berdan

Classic Maya marketplaces and exchanges : examining market competition as a factor for understanding commodity distributions / Lisa J. LeCount

Enduring nations and emergent states : rulership, subjecthood, and power in early Scandinavia / T.L. Thurston

The Bakitara (Banyoro) of Uganda and collective action theory / Peter Robertshaw

Cognitive codes and collective action at Mari and the Indus / Rita Wright

"We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us" : interpreting architectural evolution in a Sinhalese Village / Deborah Winslow

Network strategy and war / Peter N. Peregrine and Carol R. Ember

Framing the rise and variability of past complex societies / Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas

Pathways to power : corporate and network strategies; staple and wealth finance; and primary and secondary states / Tim Earle

Corporate power strategies, collective action, and control of principals : a cross cultural perspective / Lane F. Fargher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781607325338

1607325330

OCLC:

962463905

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access

Unrestricted online access