Spatial Boundaries and Social Dynamics - Case Studies from Food-Producing Societies

A collection of 7 ethnoarchaeological case studies from food-producing societies.

List of contents

Introductory note to spatial boundaries and social dynamics; rounds, recycling and the buildup of an upward spiral, Augustin Holl; archaeological considerations on social dynamics and spatial pattern development of traditional settlements, Kofi E. Agorsah; agrarian settlement and the spatial disposition of labour, Glenn Davis Stone; community interaction and settlement patterning in northern Cameroon, Augustin Holl; production, space and social change in proto-historic Palestine, Thomas E. Levy; traditional iron technology and settlement patterns in central Darfur, Ibrahim Musa; Late Neolithic cultural landscapes in southeastern Mauritania - an essay in spatiometrics, Augustine Holl.

About the author

Augustin Holl is Professor of Anthropology and Afro-Ameican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, and a Curator at the University's Museum of Anthropology.

Summary

A collection of 7 ethnoarchaeological case studies from food-producing societies.

Product details

• Authors: Augustin Holl
• Assisted by: Augustin Holl (Editor), Thomas Evan Levy (Editor)
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1993
• EAN: 9781879621053
• ISBN: 978-1-879621-05-3
• No. of pages: 133
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 284 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Ethnoarchaeological Series; Ethnoarchaeological S.; International Monographs in Pr; Ethnoarchaeological Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology