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Ranking, Resource and Exchange: Aspect of the Archaeology of Early European Society

Ranking, Resource and Exchange: Aspect of the Archaeology of Early European Society

Paperback

Series: New Directions in Archaeology

ArchaeologyAncient History General

ISBN10: 0521105099
ISBN13: 9780521105095
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 19 2009
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.38 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Ranked societies are characterized by disparities in personal status that are often accompanied by the concentration of power and authority in the hands of a few dominant individuals. They stand between the sophistication of developed, states and the relative simplicity of most hunter-gatherer groups and early agriculturalists. In some places and times they represented relatively brief phases of transition to more complex forms of organization; in others they existed as stable forms of adaptation for thousands of years. They are thus of great interest for archaeologists seeking to understand the dynamics of cultural evolution.

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