Broschiertes Buch

Abundance

The Archaeology of Plenitude

Herausgeber: Smith, Monica L.

Beschreibung

Using case studies from around the globe--including Mesoamerica, North and South America, Africa, China, and the Greco-Roman world--and across multiple time periods, the authors in this volume make the case that abundance provides an essential explanatory perspective on ancient peoples' choices and activities. Economists frequently focus on scarcity as a driving principle in the development of social and economic hierarchies, yet focusing on plenitude enables the understanding of a range of cohesive behaviors that were equally important for the development of social complexity.

Autor

Monica L. Smith is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research analyzes the impact of material culture on human societies and the role of consumption in the development of urbanism. She is the author of A Prehistory of Ordinary People and the editor of The Social Construction of Ancient Cities.

Produktdetails

• University Press of Colorado
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of UP Colorado
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781646421251
• ISBN-10: 1646421256
• Artikelnr.: 60402034