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Foundations of Social Inequality (Fundamental Issues in Archaeology)
Foundations of Social Inequality - Fundamental Issues in Archaeology Author:T. Doublas Price 'One of the best publications available on the origins of social inequality....Contributors present a multiplicity of ideas concerning social inequality and how it developed....The credentials of the authors and the editors are impeccable....highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above.' --Choice ''For the reader interested... more » in pursuing the finer gradations of social inequality in particular, it is a book with much to offer.'' --American Anthropologist In this authoritative volume, leading researchers offer diverse theoretical perspectives and a wide-range of information on the beginnings and nature of social inequality in past human societies. Their illuminating work investigates the role of status differentiation in traditional archaeological debates and major societal transitions. This volume features numerous case studies from the Old and New World spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups and complex states. Diachronic in view and archaeological in focus, this book will be of significant interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, and students.« less