anthropology
archaeological history
autonomy
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Comparative anthropology
Early Agriculture
Economic organization
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Jerimy Cunningham
Latin American
Mesoamerica
mode of production
Robert Rosenswig
Social Archaeology
social formation
sociopolitical relations
state societies
uneven and combined development
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- ISBN 9780813054308
- Weight: 655g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jun 2017
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This volume explains how archaeologists can use Karl Marx and Frederick Engels’ mode of production concept to study long-term patterns in human society. Modes of production describes how labor is organized to create surplus which is then used for political purposes. This type of analysis allows archaeologists to compare and contrast peoples across distant continents and eras, from hunter-gatherer groups to early agriculturalists to nation-states. Presenting a range of different perspectives from researchers working in a wide variety of societies and time periods, this volume clearly demonstrates why historical materialism matters to the field of archaeology.
Robert M. Rosenswig, associate professor of anthropology at the University at Albany-SUNY, is author of The Beginnings of Mesoamerican Civilization: Inter-Regional Interaction and the Olmec and coeditor of Early New World Monumentality.
Jerimy J. Cunningham is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Lethbridge.
Jerimy J. Cunningham is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Lethbridge.
