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Intro
Contents
Illustrations
Chapter One Archaeological Perspectives on Inequality
The Process of Differentiation: From Natural Differences to Social Stratification
Household, Gender, Age, and the Body
The Unequal Death
Economy and Subordination
Inequality and Spatial Relations
Artifacts and Inequality
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Note
References
Part I Pathways of Early Social Inequality
Chapter Two The Emergence of Social Inequality in Prehistory
Introduction
Equality
Recent Considerations
Surplus
Wealth
Feasting
Prestige Technologies
Corporate and Network Strategies
Chaos
Visibility
Origins of Agriculture and Inequality
Conclusion
References
Chapter Three Transegalitarian Societies on the American Northwest Plateau: Social Dynamics and Cultural/Technological Changes
Definitions of Inequality and Complexity
The Mid-Fraser Large Villages
Necessity versus the Promotion of Self-Interests
The Synchronic Approach
The Diachronic Approach
Burials
House Construction
Prestige Goods
Site Location
Control of Resources
Discussion and Conclusion
Acknowledgments
460-325 BC (La Tène A-B1)
325-150 BC (LT B2-C)
150-25 BC (La Tene D)
Theoretical Implications
References
Part II Inequality in Early Greece and Etruria
Chapter Eight The Protogeometric Graves of the Kerameikos Cemetery at Athens: Is There Inequality?
Quantitative Approach to the Grave Goods of the Tahenian Formal Burial
Number of Objects Found in the Graves
Metal Objects Found in the Graves
Gender and Number of Items
Chronology
Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter Nine Diversities and Inequality: The Male Burials in Early Iron Age Athens
Contents
Illustrations
Chapter One Archaeological Perspectives on Inequality
The Process of Differentiation: From Natural Differences to Social Stratification
Household, Gender, Age, and the Body
The Unequal Death
Economy and Subordination
Inequality and Spatial Relations
Artifacts and Inequality
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Note
References
Part I Pathways of Early Social Inequality
Chapter Two The Emergence of Social Inequality in Prehistory
Introduction
Equality
Recent Considerations
Surplus
Wealth
Feasting
Prestige Technologies
Corporate and Network Strategies
Chaos
Visibility
Origins of Agriculture and Inequality
Conclusion
References
Chapter Three Transegalitarian Societies on the American Northwest Plateau: Social Dynamics and Cultural/Technological Changes
Definitions of Inequality and Complexity
The Mid-Fraser Large Villages
Necessity versus the Promotion of Self-Interests
The Synchronic Approach
The Diachronic Approach
Burials
House Construction
Prestige Goods
Site Location
Control of Resources
Discussion and Conclusion
Acknowledgments
460-325 BC (La Tène A-B1)
325-150 BC (LT B2-C)
150-25 BC (La Tene D)
Theoretical Implications
References
Part II Inequality in Early Greece and Etruria
Chapter Eight The Protogeometric Graves of the Kerameikos Cemetery at Athens: Is There Inequality?
Quantitative Approach to the Grave Goods of the Tahenian Formal Burial
Number of Objects Found in the Graves
Metal Objects Found in the Graves
Gender and Number of Items
Chronology
Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter Nine Diversities and Inequality: The Male Burials in Early Iron Age Athens