Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative StudyCambridge University Press, 5 maj 2003 This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic systems, religion, and culture. Many of this study's findings are surprising and provocative. Agricultural systems, technologies, and economic behaviour turn out to have been far more diverse than was expected. These findings and many others challenge not only current understandings of early civilizations but also the theoretical foundations of modern archaeology and anthropology. The key to understanding early civilizations lies not in their historical connections but in what they can tell us about similarities and differences in human behaviour. |
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... important question is whether the sample of seven early civilizations used in this study is large enough to reveal the full range of variation in early civilizations. It is clear from the very different conclusions that Childe and ...
... important question is whether the sample of seven early civilizations used in this study is large enough to reveal the full range of variation in early civilizations. It is clear from the very different conclusions that Childe and ...
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... important at the local level and in reinforcing relations among the upper classes, endogamous classes allocated ... importance of class resulted in more restricted roles for kinship and ethnicity than at earlier stages of political ...
... important at the local level and in reinforcing relations among the upper classes, endogamous classes allocated ... importance of class resulted in more restricted roles for kinship and ethnicity than at earlier stages of political ...
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... importance of production, exchange, and financial services as sources of income (Heichelheim 1958: 251-54). Even in feudal ... important role in facilitating the accumulation of wealth. In Western Europe this process led to the rise of ...
... importance of production, exchange, and financial services as sources of income (Heichelheim 1958: 251-54). Even in feudal ... important role in facilitating the accumulation of wealth. In Western Europe this process led to the rise of ...
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... important sources of information about Aztec and Inka culture were the descriptions produced by mestizo descendants of Spanish men and upper- class indigenous women and the data collected by educated Spanish settlers from their upper ...
... important sources of information about Aztec and Inka culture were the descriptions produced by mestizo descendants of Spanish men and upper- class indigenous women and the data collected by educated Spanish settlers from their upper ...
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... important insights into particular Aztec and Inka understandings of how the cosmos and their own societies functioned. Nevertheless, questions about the work of these two scholars remain unresolved. Their analyses assume that the ...
... important insights into particular Aztec and Inka understandings of how the cosmos and their own societies functioned. Nevertheless, questions about the work of these two scholars remain unresolved. Their analyses assume that the ...
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Kingship | 71 |
City and Territorial | 92 |
Urbanism | 120 |
Appropriation of Wealth | 375 |
Economic Constants and Variables | 395 |
Cognitive and Symbolic Aspects | 407 |
Conceptions of the Supernatural | 409 |
Cosmology and Cosmogony | 444 |
Cult | 472 |
Priests Festivals and the Politics of the Supernatural | 495 |
The Individual and the Universe | 522 |
Class Systems and Social Mobility | 142 |
Family Organization and Gender Roles | 167 |
Administration | 195 |
Law | 221 |
Military Organization | 240 |
Sociopolitical Constants and Variables | 264 |
Economy | 277 |
Food Production | 279 |
Land Ownership | 315 |
Trade and Craft Specialization | 338 |
Elite Art and Architecture | 541 |
Literacy and Specialized Knowledge | 584 |
Values and Personal Aspirations | 626 |
Cultural Constants and Variables | 638 |
Discussion | 651 |
Culture and Reason | 653 |
Conclusion | 684 |
References | 689 |
Index | 733 |
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Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study Bruce G. Trigger Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2003 |
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