Archaic States

Name: Archaic States
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ISBN: 9780933452992

ISBN-10: 0933452993

ISBN-13: 9780933452992

Edition: 1998

Authors: Gary M. Feinman, Joyce Marcus

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One of the most challenging problems facing contemporary archaeology concerns the operation and diversity of ancient states. This volume addresses how ancient states were structured and how they operated, an understanding of which is key to our ability to interpret a state's rise or fall. Archaic States presents new comparative studies of early states in the Old and New Worlds and identifies important avenues for research and discussion in the decades ahead. Among the themes addressed are the scale, size, and organization of ancient states; state typologies and corporate political economy; the ground plans of buildings in archaic states; strategies of state expansion; the incorporation of…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press/SAR Press
Publication date: 11/30/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 444
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.06" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Joyce Marcus is Robert L. Carneiro Distinguished University Professor of Social Evolution and Curator, Latin American Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology, at the University of Michigan.



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface




Introduction




The Ground Plans of Archaic States




The Peaks and Valleys of Ancient States: An Extension of the Dynamic Model




Scale and Social Organization: Perspectives on the Archaic State




Beyond Centralization: Steps Toward a Theory of Egalitarian Behavior in Archaic States




Uruk States in Southwestern Iran




Order, Legitimacy, and Wealth in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia




Sociocultural Complexity Without the State: The Indus Civilization




Inka Strategies of Incorporation and Governance




Warfare and Status Rivalry: Lowland Maya and Polynesian Comparisons



References


Index