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The Evolution of Social Systems.
Tim Ingold,Jonathan Friedman,Michael Rowlands +2 more
- Vol. 14, Iss: 4, pp 760
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The sources of social power
TL;DR: The sources of social power trace their interrelations throughout human history as discussed by the authors, from neolithic times, through ancient Near Eastern civilizations, the classical Mediterranean age and medieval Europe up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England.
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Coevolution of neocortical size, group size and language in humans
TL;DR: It is suggested that the evolution of large groups in the human lineage depended on developing a more efficient method for time-sharing the processes of social bonding and that language uniquely fulfills this requirement.
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A History of Archaeological Thought
Stuart Piggott,Bruce G. Trigger +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the relevance of archaeological history is discussed, including the origins of scientific archaeology, the imperial synthesis, and the development of modern archaeology in the 20th century.
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The Genesis and Collapse of Third Millennium North Mesopotamian Civilization
Harvey Weiss,Marie-Agnes Courty,W. Wetterstrom,F. Guichard,L. Senior,Richard H. Meadow,Alan W. Curnow +6 more
TL;DR: Archaeological and soil-stratigraphic data define the origin, growth, and collapse of Subir, the third millennium rain-fed agriculture civilization of northern Mesopotamia on the Habur Plains of Syria and suggest that the impact of the abrupt climatic change was extensive.
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Reading the past : current approaches to interpretation in archaeology
Ian Hodder,Scott R. Hutson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the problem of post-processual archaeology has been addressed and an ethnohistoric example: reconsideration of ethnoarchaeology and middle range theory.