Title & Author:

Archaeological views from the countryside : village communities in early complex societies / edited by Glenn M. Schwartz and Steven E. Falconer.

Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.

Description:

vii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Rural Approaches to Social Complexity / Glenn M. Schwartz and Steven E. Falconer -- Ch. 2. Segmentary States and Organizational Variation in Early Complex Societies: A Rural Perspective / Gil Stein -- Ch. 3. Rural Economic Specialization and Early Urbanization in the Khabur Valley, Syria / Glenn M. Schwartz -- Ch. 4. Urban-Rural Relations in Bronze Age Syria: Evidence from Alalah Level VII Palace Archives / Bonnie Magness-Gardiner -- Ch. 5. The Ancient Maya Craft Community at Colha, Belize, and Its External Relationships / Thomas R. Hester and Harry J. Shafer -- Ch. 6. Small Sites in Prehistoric Maya Socioeconomic Organization: A Perspective from Colha, Belize / Eleanor King and Daniel Potter -- Ch. 7. Specialized Commodity Production in and around Matacapan: Testing the Goodness of Fit of the Regal-Ritual and Administrative Models / Robert S. Santley -- Ch. 8. State Formation and the Organization of Domestic Craft Production at Third-Millennium B.C. Kurban Hoyuk, Southeast Turkey / Patricia Wattenmaker -- Ch. 9. Village Economy and Society in the Jordan Valley: A Study of Bronze Age Rural Complexity / Steven E. Falconer -- Ch. 10. Social Complexity in the Aztec Countryside / Michael E. Smith -- Ch. 11. The Classic Maya Collapse at Copan, Honduras: An Analysis of Maya Rural Settlement Trends / Anncorinne Freter -- Ch. 12. Rural Household Diversity in Late Classic Copan, Honduras / Nancy Gonlin -- Ch. 13. Village Approaches to Complex Societies / Brian Hayden -- Ch. 14. Scale, Organization, and Function in Village and Town / Carol Kramer.

ISBN:

1560983191
9781560983194

Subject:

Mayas Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico Antiquities.
Villages.
Social evolution.
Commerce, Prehistoric.
Cultural Evolution
Mayas Antiquités.
Peuples autochtones Mexique Antiquités.
Évolution sociale.
Commerce préhistorique.
villages.
Antiquities.
Middle East Antiquities.
Mexico Antiquities.
Central America Antiquities.
Moyen-Orient Antiquités.
Mexique Antiquités.
Central America.
Mexico.
Middle East.

Added entries:

Schwartz, Glenn M.
Falconer, Steven E.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 189424
Call No.: ID PLS F1435.A68; ID:94-B3166
Status: Available