Specialization, Exchange and Complex Societies

Herausgeber: Brumfiel, Elizabeth M.; Earle, Timothy K.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, a comparative study of specialised production in prehistoric societies, examines approaches to specialization and exchange.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 409g
• ISBN-13: 9780521090889
• ISBN-10: 0521090881
• Artikelnr.: 25496858

Inhaltsangabe

1. Specialisation, exchange, and complex societies: an introduction
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and Timothy K. Earle; 2. Salt, chert, and shell:
Mississippian exchange and economy Jon Muller; 3. Unequal development in
Copper Age Iberia Antonio Gilman; 4. From stone to bronze: the evolution of
social complexity in Northern Europe, 2300-1200 BC Kristian Kristiansen; 5.
Power and moral order in precolonial West-Central Africa Michael Rowlands;
6. Specialisation and the production of wealth: Hawaiian chiefdoms and the
Inka empire Timothy K. Earle; 7. Economic change in the lowland Maya Late
Classic period Prudence M. Rice; 8. The role of the be in the formation of
the Yamato State Gina L. Barnes; 9. Elite and utilitarian crafts in the
Aztec state Elizabeth M. Brumfiel; 10. Forms of finance and forms of
production: the evolution of specialised livestock production in the
ancient Near East Kathleen F. Galvin.