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Showing papers by "Stephen Shennan published in 1983"


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01 Jun 1983
TL;DR: In this article, Renfrew et al. discuss socio-economic change in ranked societies and the emergence of hierarchical structure in pre-history, from minimal to moderate ranking, and the role of amber in the earlier bronze age of Europe.
Abstract: 1. Socio-economic change in ranked societies Colin Renfrew Part I. The emergence of hierarchical structure : 2. Mobile resources: settlement and exchange in early agricultural Europe Andrew Sherratt 3. From minimal to moderate ranking Susan Shennan 4. Exchange and ranking: the role of amber in the earlier bronze age of Europe Stephen Shennan 5. Autonomy, ranking and resources in Iberian prehistory Robert Chapman 6. Social boundaries and land boundaries Andrew Fleming Part II. The development of salient ranking: 7. Fortification, ranking and subsistence Timothy Champion 8. Exchange and ranking: the case of coral Sara Champion 9. Gradual growth and sudden change - urbanisation in temperate Europe John Collis 10. Wealth, prestige and power: the dynamics of late iron age political centralisation in south-east England Colin Haselgrove Part III. The resource base of early state societies: the Aegean: 11. A friend in need is a friend indeed: social storage and the origins of social ranking Paul Halstead and John O'Shea 12. Leadership and 'surplus' production Clive Gamble 13. Settlement patterns, land tenure and social structure: a diachronic model John Bintliff Part IV. Post-collapse resurgence: culture process in the Dark Ages: 14. The evolution of gateway communities: their socio-economic implications Richard Hodges 15. Stress as a stimulus for socio-economic change: Anglo-Saxon England in the seventh century C. J. Arnold 16. Rank, rights and resources: an archaeological perspective from Denmark Klaus Randsborg Part V. Discussion: contrasting paradigms: 17. Materialism and socio-economic process in multilinear evolution John Gledhill and M. J. Rowlands 18. The identification and interpretation of ranking in prehistory: a contextual perspective Ian Hodder 19. Comments on 'Explanation' Robert Whallon Part VI. Epilogue: 20. Meaning, inference and the material record Lewis R. Binford.

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