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Foundations of Social Inequality

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. T. Douglas Price

    1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

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  2. Gary M. Feinman

    1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

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Part of the book series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology (FIAR)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Foundations of Prehistoric Social Inequality

      • T. Douglas Price, Gary M. Feinman
      Pages 3-11

  3. Theoretical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-14
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    2. Pathways to Power

      • Brian Hayden
      Pages 15-86

    3. Social Inequality, Marginalization, and Economic Process

      • Jeanne E. Arnold
      Pages 87-103

    4. The Cultural Foundations of Inequality in Households

      • Richard E. Blanton
      Pages 105-127

    5. Social Inequality at the Origins of Agriculture

      • T. Douglas Price
      Pages 129-151

  4. Studies in Emerging Social Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-154
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    2. Chiefly Power and Household Production on the Northwest Coast

      • Kenneth M. Ames
      Pages 155-187

    3. Equality and Hierarchy

      • Stephen Plog
      Pages 189-206

    4. Social Inequality and Agricultural Resources in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia

      • Robert D. Drennan, Dale W. Quattrin
      Pages 207-233

    5. Prehistoric European Chiefdoms

      • Antonio Gilman
      Pages 235-251

  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. The Emergence of Inequality

      • Gary M. Feinman
      Pages 255-279

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 281-290
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About this book

In this authoritative volume, leading researchers offer diverse theoretical perspectives and a wide-range of information on the beginnings and nature of social inequality in past human societies. Their illuminating work investigates the role of status differentiation in traditional archaeological debates and major societal transitions. This volume features numerous case studies from the Old and New World spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups and complex states. Diachronic in view and archaeological in focus, this book will be of significant interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, and students.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

    T. Douglas Price, Gary M. Feinman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Foundations of Social Inequality

  • Editors: T. Douglas Price, Gary M. Feinman

  • Series Title: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1289-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44979-6Published: 31 July 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1291-6Published: 13 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1289-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1567-8040

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 290

  • Topics: Archaeology

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