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RANKING, RESOURCE AND EXCHANGE
ASPECT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARLY EUROPEAN SOCIETY |
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Lord Colin Renfrew (Editor), Steven Shennan (Editor) |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521105099 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521105095 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
29 November, 2008 |
| Series: |
New Directions in Archaeology |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
Ranked societies are characterized by disparities in personal status which are often accompanied by the concentration of power and authority in the hands of a few dominant individuals. |
| Synopsis: |
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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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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