Rome, Babylon, Mughal, Aztec, Inka... the names of these early empires evoke potent
images of monumental ambition, grandeur, and decay. Empires are geographically and …

This article asks three questions. Why is government organized across multiple levels?
Does efficiency determine the level at which decisions are made? Does efficiency frame …

This paper explores interactions among water, power and cultural politics in the Andes. It
analyzes the hydrosocial cycle as the political–ecological production of a time-and place …

Winner (for best semi-popular book) of the 2008 Irene Levi-Sala Prize for publications on the
archaeology of Israel. The emergence of Israel in Canaan is a central topic in biblical/Syro …

This brings me to my second aim: to rethink the traditional dichotomy between state and
nonstate society and to approach the state in a different way—in terms of the decentralized …

Distinguished Lecture in Archeology: Breaking and Entering the Ecosystem - Gender, Class,
and Faction Steal the Show Page 1 ELIZABETH M. BRUMFIEL Albion College …

It is often difficult to identify ethnic groups in the archaeological record, yet archaeology has
much to contribute to understanding the long-term social and political dynamics of ethnicity …

This book addresses two major issues in natural resource management and political
ecology: the complex conflicting relationship between communities managing water on the …

An epic for our time, Big History begins when the universe is no more than a single point the
size of an atom, squeezed together in unimaginable density, and ends with a twenty-first …

The Tiwanaku state was the political and cultural center of ancient Andean civilization for
almost 700 years. Identity and Power is the result of ten years of research that has revealed …