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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul K. Wason, Paul K. (Bates College Wason, Wason Paul K.
• Con la collaborazione di: Clive Gamble (Editore), Colin Renfrew (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.11.2004
• EAN: 9780521612005
• ISBN: 978-0-521-61200-5
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: New Studies in Archaeology; New Studies in Archaeology
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria; Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity