The term chiefdom is used to characterize social complexity in stateless societies. Despite
pointed criticism of evolutionary typologies, the chiefdom and related formulations provide a …

This much-praised book aims to develop a theory of ceramics which will elucidate the
complex relationship between ceramics and culture and society. Drawing upon the …

All economic systems have three components: produc tion, distribution, and consumption.
Archaeologists often assume that their tabulations of recovered goods constitute adequate …

Abstract Recent research on Old World chiefdoms and states has largely retreated from the
general comparative explanatory paradigm of the 1970s and has focused instead on more …

Economic intensification has been documented in a diversity of small‐scale societies. The
existing archaeological theory concerning such intensification has tended to privilege …

Recently several anthropological and sociological studies have interpreted technologies as
cultural choices that are determined as much by local perceptions and the social context fly …

The Science and Archaeology of Materials is set to become the definitive work in the
archaeology of materials. Henderson's highly illustrated work is an accessible and …

We furnish a theoretical framework for explaining that portion of formal variability in artifacts
attributable to the behavior of the artisan. Major causal factors are the artisan's knowledge …

As early as the first millennium AD, the Philippine archipelago formed the easternmost edge
of a vast network of Chinese, Southeast Asian, Indian, and Arab traders. Items procured …

Arthur Demarest brings the lost civilization of Maya to life by applying a holistic view to the
most recently discovered archaeological evidence. His theoretical interpretation …