Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions

Informationen zum Autor By Timothy R. Pauketat Klappentext This book sweeps away the last vestiges of social-evolutionary explanations of 'chiefdoms' by rethinking the history of Pre-Columbian Southeast peoples and comparing them to ancient peoples in the Southwest, Mexico, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia. Zusammenfassung This book sweeps away the last vestiges of social-evolutionary explanations of 'chiefdoms' by rethinking the history of Pre-Columbian Southeast peoples and comparing them to ancient peoples in the Southwest! Mexico! Mesoamerica! and Mesopotamia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Principles and Principals Chapter 2 A Crisis in Mississippian Archaeology Chapter 3 Breaking the Law of Cultural Dominance Chapter 4 Parsing Mississippian Chiefdoms Chapter 5 The X-Factor Chapter 6 Yoffee's Rule and Cahokia Chapter 7 What Constitutes Civilization? Community and Control in the Southwest, Mexico, and Mesopotamia Chapter 8 Truth, Justice, and the Archaeological Way

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Pauketat, Timothy R Pauketat, Timothy R. Pauketat
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2007
• EAN: 9780759108295
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0829-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Issues in Eastern Woodlands Ar; Issues in Eastern Woodlands Archaeology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)