Violence and inequality : an archaeological history / edited by Thomas P. Leppard and Sarah C. Murray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leppard, Thomas P., editor.

Murray, Sarah (Sarah C.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--History.

Violence.

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence--Religious aspects.

Equality--History.

Equality.

Equality--Social aspects.

Equality--Religious aspects.

Warfare, Prehistoric.

Social archaeology.

Prehistoric peoples.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2023]

Summary:

"A multi-authored investigation of the relationship between violence and social inequalities in the archaeology of social complexity, exploring how different modes of social violence can militate different types of social constitution"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Coercion, violence, and inequality in archaeological perspective / Sarah C. Murray (University of Toronto) and Thomas P. Leppard (Florida State University)

Violence as a commons problem / Roderick Campbell (New York University)

Monopolizing the means of predation : the origins of the Andean Sacrifice State / Darryl Wilkinson (Dartmouth College)

Arenas of alterity and the aesthetics of religious violence / Edward Swenson (University of Toronto)

Inequality at Chaco Canyon (900-1150 CE) : creating subordinates through coercion and fear or ideology and cohesion / Ryan P. Harrod (Garrett College and University of Alaska Anchorage) and Debra L. Martin (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Seeing socially sanctioned violence : insights from an archaeology of visibility / Brenna R. Hassett (University College London)

Animals, violence, and inequality in Ancient Mesopotamia / Laerke Recht (University of Cambridge)

The violence inherent in (creating) the system : inequality, violence, and human sacrifice in Ancient Egypt / Roselyn A. Campbell (Getty Research Institute)

Embodied inequality : skeletal evidence of colonization in Roman Britain / Robert P. Stephan (University of Arizona)

The many dimensions of violence and inequality / Thomas P. Leppard (Florida State University) and Sarah C. Murray (University of Toronto)

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on January 17, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Violence and inequality

ISBN:

9781646424979

1646424972

OCLC:

1382296462

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.