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- Title: Storage in Ancient Complex Societies
- Author : Linda R. Manzanilla & Mitchell Rothman
- Release Date : January 20, 2016
- Genre: Archaeology,Books,Nonfiction,Social Science,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 26090 KB
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The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies in ancient times. Storage strategies reflect the broader economic and political organization of a society and changes in the development of control mechanisms in both administrative and non-administrative—often kinship based—sectors. This is the first volume to examine storage practices in ancient complex societies from a comparative perspective. This volume includes 14 original papers by leading archaeologists from four continents which compare storage systems in three key regions with lengthy traditions of complexity: the ancient Near East, Mesoamerica, and Andes. Storage in Ancient Complex Societies demonstrates the importance of understanding storage for the study of cultural evolution.