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Rank-Size Convexity and System Integration: A View from Archaeology
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In this article, both convex and primate distributions are discussed in terms of scale and boundary problems, and a statistical definition of system integration is used to suggest a process for the development of log-normal distributions.Abstract:
Settlement rank-size distributions are shown to vary from primate through lognormal to convex. Archaeological and historical data are used to suggest that rank-size convexity can be attributed to low system integration. Both convex and primate distributions are discussed in terms of scale and boundary problems, and a statistical definition of system integration is used to suggest a process for the development of log-normal distributions.read more
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The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States
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Secondary states in perspective: An integrated approach to state formation in the prehistoric Aegean
TL;DR: In this paper, the development of the Minoan and Mycenaean states of the Bronze Age Aegean is discussed, and it is argued that they arose via different mechanisms of secondary state formation, through direct and indirect contact with neighboring societies in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Egypt.
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The Structure and Dynamics of Dry-Farming States in Upper Mesopotamia [and Comments and Reply]
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TL;DR: In this article, a model describing the layout of Early Bronze Age Mesopotamian states is synthesized using a range of off-site and on-site data from Syria, Iraq, and Turkey.
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The pre-history of urban scaling.
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Top-down or bottom-up: rural settlement and raised field agriculture in the Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia
John W. Janusek,Alan L. Kolata +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the social organization of raised field farming in one region of the Lake Titicaca Basin of the Andean altiplano, Bolivia, has been studied over a long-term perspective covering 2500 years.
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