Archaeology and State Theory
Subjects and Objects of Power
1st Edition
Published on 21. November 2013
160 pages
978-1-4725-0410-4 (ISBN)
Description
After neo-evolutionism, how does one talk about the pre-modern state? Over the past two decades archaeological research has shifted decisively from check-list identifications of the state as an evolutionary type to studies of how power and authority were constituted in specific polities. Developing Gramsci's concept of hegemony, this book provides an accessible discussion of general principles that serve to help us understand and organise these new directions in archaeological research. Throughout this book, conceptual issues are illustrated by means of case studies drawn from Madagascar, Mesopotamia, the Inca, the Maya and Greece.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-0410-4 (9781472504104)
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Bruce Routledge is Senior Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool. He is the author of Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology (2004).
Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- DEBATES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures
- Abbreviations
- Orientations
- 1 After (neo-)evolution(ism)
- 2 Coercion and consent
- 3 Hegemony in action: The kingdom of Imerina in central Madagascar
- 4 Beyond politics: Articulation and reproduction in Athens and the Inca Empire
- 5 Spectacle and routine
- 6 Routine lives and spectacular deaths: The Royal Tombs of Ur
- 7 Conclusion: The hazardous necessity of comparison
- Bibliography
- Index
