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Polities and power : archaeological perspectives on the landscapes of early states /

"This distinctive book is the first to address the topic of landscape archaeology in early states from a truly global perspective. It provides an excellent introduction to - and overview of - the discipline today. The volume grew out of the Fifth Biennial Meeting of the Complex Societies Group,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Falconer, Steven E., Redman, Charles L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The archaeology of early states and their landscapes / Steven E. Falconer and Charles L. Redman
  • Changing cultural landscapes of the Tungabhadra Valley, South India / Carla M. Sinopoli, Peter Johansen, and Kathleen D. Morrison
  • Marking landscapes : the Tungabhadra project from history to prehistory / Rita P. Wright
  • Agriculture as metaphor of the Andean state / Christine A. Hastorf
  • Metaphor, monumentality, and memory : the imagery of power on the ancient landscape / Katharina Schreiber
  • Landscape and the Tarascan state : labor, intensification, and land degradation / Christopher T. Fisher
  • Tarascan land degradation and alternative traditions in Americanist landscape archaeology / Arthur A. Joyce
  • States, landscapes, and the urban process in Upper Mesopotamia : inter-polity alliances, competition, and ritualized exchange / Patricia Wattenmaker
  • The Bronze Age political landscape of the southern Levant / Steven E. Falconer and Stephen H. Savage
  • Political landscapes and states in Upper Mesopotamia and the Levant / T.J. Wilkinson
  • Landscape at two scales : economy and trade in East Africa / Chapurukha M. Kusimba
  • Agency, dependency, and long-distance trade : East Africa and the Islamic world, ca. 700-1500 CE / David Killick
  • African archaeology in world perspective / Peter Robertshaw.