Synopsis
Social Inequality and the Evolution of Human Social Organization.- On the Evolution of the Human Capacity for Inequality and/or Egalitarianism.- Degrees and Kinds of Inequality.- Gimme That Old Time Religion: Rethinking the Role of Religion in the Emergence of Social Inequality.- Who Benefits from Complexity? A View from Futuna.- Traces of Inequality at the Origins of Agriculture in the Ancient Near East.- Decentralized Complexity: The Case of Bronze Age Northern Europe.- Bitter Arrows and Generous Gifts: WhatWas a 'King' in the European Iron Age?.- A Dual-Processual Perspective on the Power and Inequality in the Contemporary United States: Framing Political Economy for the Present and the Past.
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Review
"While most archaeologists are interested in origins, only a few wish to investigate the "big picture". Most authors are well known from their publications and conference presentations, and their contributions are thoughtful, but I preferred Pathways."
Thomas N. Huffman
South African Archaeological Bulletin
About the Author
T. Douglas Price is the Director of the Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Gary M. Feinman is Curator, Mesoamerican and Central American Anthropology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL.
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