Socialising complexity : structure, interaction and power in archaeological discourse

Weitere Verfasser: Kohring, Sheila
Wynne-Jones, Stephanie
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2007.
Umfang/Format: iv, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Ostafrika
Südamerika
Äquatorialafrika
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part 1: The complexity concept Socialising complexity (Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Sheila Kohring); Evolution, complexity and the state (Robert Chapman); Part 2: The organisation of society Notes on a new paradigm (Carole Crumley); Social complexity is not the same as hierarchy (Stella Souvatzi); The rules of the game. Decentralised complexity and power structures (Kristian Kristiansen); The state they were in: community, continuity and change in the north-central Andes, 1000-1608AD (Kevin Lane); Part 3: Complexity through practice Technology, production and consumption: the materialisation of complex social relationships (Sheila Kohring, Carlos P. Odriozola and Victor M. Hurtado); Settings and symbols: assessing complexity in two pre-Hispanic polities (Elizabeth DeMarrais); Part 4: Complexity and landscape Multiple landscapes and layered meanings: scale, interaction and process in the development of a Swahili town (Stephanie Wynne-Jones); Social landscapes and community identity: the social organisation of space in the north-central Andes (Alexander Herrera); Taking the Bight out of complexity: elaborating interior landscapes within south-central California (David Robinson); Part 5: Encountering complexity Creating Complexity: the example of the Muisca of Colombia (Monica Giedelmann-Reyes); The decentralised state: nomads, complexity and sociotechnical systems in Inner Asia (David Sneath).