Emergent Complexity: The Evolution of Intermediate Societies

by Jeanne E. Arnold

Serious interest in the evolution and dynamics of intermediate societies has grown by leaps and bounds during the past decade. The purpose of this volume is to suggest new ways to model the many stimuli and processes by which cultural complexity emerges, emphasizing major organizational changes, not the appearance and disappearance of specific traits. All contributors share the view that it is time to fundamentally reconsider a variety of ideas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879621215
• ISBN13: 9781879621213
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.7" x 11.1"