Archaeology of Rank

Zusammenfassung How might archaeologists use the traces left by a former society to discover how that society was ordered - whether a people lived under a hierarchy of different statuses or under a more egalitarian regime? What is ranking and how do different kinds of ranking affect the quality of life? These are the questions addressed by Paul Wason in The Archaeology of Rank. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The present study of past society; 2. Social theory and social life; 3. Inequality and social life: a working model; 4. Mortuary data as evidence of ranking; 5. Mortuary data as evidence of ranking; 6. The form and distribution of artifacts; 7. Status, settlements, and structures; 8. Catal Hüyük: a ranked Neolithic town in Anatolia?; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Paul K. Wason, Paul K. (Bates College Wason
• Assisted by: Clive Gamble (Editor), Colin Renfrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2004
• EAN: 9780521612005
• ISBN: 978-0-521-61200-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)