Foundations of social inequality /

In this authoritative volume, leading researchers offer diverse theoretical perspectives and a wide-range of information on the beginnings and nature of social inequality in past human societies. Their illuminating work investigates the role of status differentiation in traditional archaeological de...

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Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Price, T. Douglas (Theron Douglas), Feinman, Gary M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Plenum Press, [1995]
Series:	Fundamental issues in archaeology. Language of science.
Subjects:	Prehistoric peoples. Primitive societies. Equality. Economics, Prehistoric. Commerce, Prehistoric. Ethnoarchaeology. Sociale ongelijkheid. Ontstaansgeschiedenis. Etnoarcheologie. Arqueologia. Économie préhistorique. Ethnoarchéologie. Inégalité sociale. Electronic books.
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Summary:	In this authoritative volume, leading researchers offer diverse theoretical perspectives and a wide-range of information on the beginnings and nature of social inequality in past human societies. Their illuminating work investigates the role of status differentiation in traditional archaeological debates and major societal transitions. This volume features numerous case studies from the Old and New World spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups and complex states. Diachronic in view and archaeological in focus, this book will be of significant interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, and students.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781489912893 (electronic bk.) 1489912894 (electronic bk.)