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The political landscape : constellations of authority in early complex polities /Adam T Smith

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press , ©2003.Description: xv, 331 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780520237506
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.2 SMI
Contents:
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Surveying the Political Landscape 1. Sublimated Spaces 2. Archaeologies of Political Authority 3. Geopolitics 4. Polities 5. Regimes 6. Institutions Conclusion: Toward a Cartography of Political Landscapes References Cited Index
Summary: Shifting through the archaeological, epigraphic, and artistic remains of early complex societies, this title explains the links between spatial organization and politics from an anthropological point of view. It brings together contemporary theoretical developments from geography and social theory with anthropological perspectives.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Surveying the Political Landscape 1. Sublimated Spaces 2. Archaeologies of Political Authority 3. Geopolitics 4. Polities 5. Regimes 6. Institutions Conclusion: Toward a Cartography of Political Landscapes References Cited Index

Shifting through the archaeological, epigraphic, and artistic remains of early complex societies, this title explains the links between spatial organization and politics from an anthropological point of view. It brings together contemporary theoretical developments from geography and social theory with anthropological perspectives.

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