Agriculture and the onset of political inequality before the Inka - Christine Ann Hastorf
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C. Hastorf looks at the nature of power and political diversity is examined in the Andean region of central Peru over a thousand- year period, from AD 200 until the Inka conquest in the fifteenth century. Hastorf argues that no one model or theory can usefully explain all social change, and that archaeologists should instead focus on a particular region and seek o understand the context of change and why it occurred. She looks at political inequality from a number of different perspectives, collecting material from many sources, and suggests a series of 'cultural' principles that shaped political developments. She also traces changes in agricultural production within the region, which she considers were fundamental to its social and political evolution.
Aside from its innovative theoretical approach to the nature and origin of political inequality, it's a substantive study of prehistoric agricultural systems. Hastorf's comprehensive and sophisticated methodology for studying prehistorical agriculture-based on ...
Aside from its innovative theoretical approach to the nature and origin of political inequality, it's a substantive study of prehistoric agricultural systems. Hastorf's comprehensive and sophisticated methodology for studying prehistorical agriculture-based on ...
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1993Uitgever: Cambridge University Press298 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521402727ISBN-13: 9780521402729Helaas, laatste exemplaar van deze editie is recent verkocht!
