Ancient complex societies /
Ross, Jennifer C.,
Ancient complex societies / Jennifer C. Ross and Sharon R. Steadman. - New York : Routledge, 2017. - ix, 427 p.
Complexity and its discontents -- Human cultural institutions : critical elements in complex society -- Ancient systems : from forager to state -- Scales of complexity : case studies -- Southwest Asia : ancient Mesopotamia and its neighbors -- The Nile Valley of Egypt -- The Aegean Bronze Age and the Classical world -- The Indus Valley civilization -- Ancient Chinese civilizations -- Empires in Southeast Asia -- The Mississippian system in the American Bottom -- Ancient Mesoamerican cultures -- Andean civilizations and empires -- Why complex societies collapse.
9781611321951 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781611321968 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Civilization, Ancient.
Social archaeology.
930.1 / ROS-A
Ancient complex societies / Jennifer C. Ross and Sharon R. Steadman. - New York : Routledge, 2017. - ix, 427 p.
Complexity and its discontents -- Human cultural institutions : critical elements in complex society -- Ancient systems : from forager to state -- Scales of complexity : case studies -- Southwest Asia : ancient Mesopotamia and its neighbors -- The Nile Valley of Egypt -- The Aegean Bronze Age and the Classical world -- The Indus Valley civilization -- Ancient Chinese civilizations -- Empires in Southeast Asia -- The Mississippian system in the American Bottom -- Ancient Mesoamerican cultures -- Andean civilizations and empires -- Why complex societies collapse.
9781611321951 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781611321968 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Civilization, Ancient.
Social archaeology.
930.1 / ROS-A