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9781842172940

Socialising Complexity: Structure, Interaction and Power in Archaeological Discourse

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    9781842172940

  • ISBN10:

    1842172948

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-03-15
  • Publisher: David Brown Book Co

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Socialising Complexity: Structure, Interaction and Power in Archaeological Discourse introduces complexity as a conceptual tool, rather than a category, for understanding social formations. This new approach moves beyond traditional concerns with what constitutes a complex society and focuses instead on the complexity inherent in every society through its particular structuring principles.

Table of Contents

The Complexity Conceptp. 1
Socialising Complexityp. 2
Evolution, Complexity and the Statep. 13
The Organisation of Societyp. 29
Notes on a New Paradigmp. 30
Social complexity is not the same as hierarchyp. 37
The Rules of the Game. Decentralised Complexity and Power Structuresp. 60
The state they were in: community, continuity and change in the north-central Andes, 1000-1608 ADp. 76
Complexity Through Practicep. 99
Materialising 'complex' social relationships: Technology, production and consumption in a Copper Age Communityp. 100
Settings and symbols: assessing complexity in the pre-Hispanic Andesp. 118
Complexity and Landscapep. 141
Multiple landscapes and layered meanings: scale, interaction and process in the development of a Swahili townp. 142
Social landscapes and community identity: the social organisation of space in the north-central Andesp. 161
Taking the Bight out of complexity: elaborating interior landscapes within South-Central Californiap. 186
Encountering Complexityp. 209
Creating Complexity: the example of the Muisca of Colombiap. 210
The decentralised state: nomads, complexity and sociotechnical systems in Inner Asiap. 228
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