Ten thousand years of inequality the archaeology of wealth differences / edited by Timothy A. Kohler and Michael E. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953- editor.

Kohler, Timothy A. (Timothy Alan), 1949- editor.

Series:

Amerind studies in anthropology.

Amerind studies in anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--Social conditions.

Prehistoric peoples.

Equality--Economic aspects.

Equality.

Social archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Field-defining research that will set the standard for understanding inequality in archaeological contexts"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

1. Studying Inequality's Deep Past / Michael E. Smith, Timothy A. Kohler, and Gary M. Feinman

2. Letting the Gini Out of the Bottle: Measuring Inequality Archaeologically / Christian E. Peterson and Robert D. Drennan

3. Dreaming Beyond Gini: Methodological Steps Toward a Composite Archaeological Inequality Index / Rahul C. Oka, Nicholas Ames, Meredith S. Chesson, Ian Kuijt, Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Vishwas D. Gogte, and Abhijit Dandekar

4. Testing Hypotheses About Emergent Inequality (Using Gini Coefficients) in a Complex Fisher- Forager Society at the Bridge River Site, British Columbia / Anna Marie Prentiss, Thomas A. Foor, and Mary-Margaret Murphy

5. In and Out of Chains? The Changing Social Contract in the Pueblo Southwest, AD 600-1300 / Timothy A. Kohler and Laura J. Ellyson

6. Steady Inequality in Changing Times: An Examination of Regional Patterns in Hohokam Structure Data / Matthew Pailes

7. Exploring Measures of Inequality in the Mississippian Heartland / Alleen Betzenhauser

8. Farming, Inequality, and Urbanization: A Comparative Analysis of Late Prehistoric Northern Mesopotamia and Southwestern Germany / Amy Bogaard, Amy Styring, Jade Whitlam, Mattia Fochesato, and Samuel Bowles

9. The Trajectory of Social Inequality in Ancient Mesopotamia / Elizabeth C. Stone

10. Assessing Wealth Inequality in the Pre- Hispanic Valley of Oaxaca: Comparative Implications / Gary M. Feinman, Ronald K. Faulseit, and Linda M. Nicholas

11. Deep Inequality: Summary and Conclusions / Timothy A. Kohler, Michael E. Smith, Amy Bogaard, Christian E. Peterson, Alleen Betzenhauser, Gary M. Feinman, Rahul C. Oka, Matthew Pailes, Anna Marie Prentiss, Elizabeth C. Stone, Timothy J. Dennehy, and Laura J. Ellyson

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3836-0

OCLC:

1022763393