Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1370 g
Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1370 g
Reihe: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology
ISBN: 978-0-306-46421-8
Verlag: Springer US
What is the role of leadership in society? Why do people surrender their political autonomy to the decision-making authority of leaders and rulers? Why do people follow the commands of their leaders? Who gets to be king/chief/emperor and why? Why are some societies centralized while others are not? The papers in this volume draw on the archaeological record of societies from around the world to address these critical issues in contemporary social science.
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- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
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1. INTRODUCTION.- 1 • Cultural Evolution and Political Centralization.- 2 • Communication, Holism, and the Evolution of Sociopolitical Complexity.- II. THE EMERGENCE OF LEADERS.- 3 • The Origins of Centralization: Changing Features of Local and Regional Control during the Rio Grande Classic Period, ad 1325-1540.- 4 • Assessing Political Development in Copper and Bronze Age Southeast Spain.- III. LEADERS TO RULERS.- 5 • Rulers and Warriors: Symbolic Transmission and Social Transformation in Bronze Age Europe.- 6 • Institutionallization of Chiefdoms Why Landscapes Are Built.- 7 • Cosmology and the Institutionalization of Hierarchy in the Maya Region.- IV. RULERS IN POWER.- 8 • Mesoamerican Political Complexity The Corporate¡ªNetwork Dimension.- 9 • Understanding the Timing and Tempo of the Evolution of Political Centralization on the Central Andean Coastline and Beyond.- 10 • “Who Was King? Who Was Not King?” Social Group Composition and Competition in Early Mesopotamian State Societies.- V. CONCLUSION.- 11 • Nonlinear Paths of Political Centralization.- References.
