Conflict, Environment, and Social Complexity

This series aims to expand our understanding of conflict, anthropogenic environmental impacts, and the rise of complex societies from a host of interdisciplinary approaches and theoretical perspectives. The series seeks publications on the origins and nature of prehistoric conflict, warfare, and ritual violence broadly understood as well as how conflict, warfare, and ritual violence manifest themselves in modern day contexts. This series also examines how prehistoric patterns of natural resource utilization impacted ancient environments as well as how ongoing use of natural resources affects present day environments. Additionally, it analyzes the internal and external factors that gave rise to social complexity from a variety of materialist and non-materialist theoretical perspectives. The broad scope of the series encompasses prehistoric, historical, and contemporary case studies from multiple geographical regions. Lastly, the series’ multidisciplinary approach welcomes archaeological, ethnographic, historical, sociological, political science, biological, conservationist, land use policy, and environmental perspectives that will produce new and valuable insights on salient topics. The benefits from these new insights will extend beyond the academic world to society as a whole.