The political landscape

Adam T Smith

The political landscape : constellations of authority in early complex polities /Adam T Smith - Berkeley : University of California Press , ©2003. - xv, 331 p. ; 24 cm

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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Social Sciences


Political anthropology--Landscape assessment

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