Peer Polity Interaction and Socio-Political Change

by Colin Renfrew and John F. Cherry

Thirteen leading archaeologists have contributed to this innovative study of the socio-political processes - notably imitation, competition, warfare, and the exchange of material goods and information - that can be observed within early complex societies, particularly those just emerging into statehood. The common aim is to explain the remarkable formal similarities that exist between institutions, ideologies and material remains in a variety of cultures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521112222
• ISBN13: 9780521112222
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.0"