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The Archaeology of Politics and Power
Charles Keith Maisel
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Archaeology is not just about the past, but the present and future too. Much of our present condition and future prospects are inevitably bound up with what states do and what they fail to do.
To understand the inner-workings and motivations of states one must understand how and why they came into existence in the first place. This book describes how states formed in Egypt and Mesopotamia, China and the Andes, and also how the Indus Civilization functioned without a state.
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Archaeology is not just about the past, but the present and future too. Much of our present condition and future prospects are inevitably bound up with what states do and what they fail to do.
To understand the inner-workings and motivations of states one must understand how and why they came into existence in the first place. This book describes how states formed in Egypt and Mesopotamia, China and the Andes, and also how the Indus Civilization functioned without a state.
This work ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842173527
SKU
V9781842173527
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About Charles Keith Maisel
by Charles Maisels
Reviews for The Archaeology of Politics and Power
Well-researched and free of superfluous jargon, Maiselss fascinating study makes a valuable contribution to the comparative analysis of state formation, a longstanding obsession of archaeologists... Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.'
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