Polities and power : archaeological perspectives on the landscapes of early states / edited by Steven E. Falconer and Charles L. Redman.
| Other author | Falconer, Steven E. |
| Other author | Redman, Charles L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2009. |
| Description | vii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The archaeology of early states and their landscapes / Steven E. Falconer and Charles L. Redman -- Changing cultural landscapes of the Tungabhadra Valley, South India / Carla M. Sinopoli, Peter Johansen, and Kathleen D. Morrison -- Marking landscapes : the Tungabhadra project from history to prehistory / Rita P. Wright -- Agriculture as metaphor of the Andean state / Christine A. Hastorf -- Metaphor, monumentality, and memory : the imagery of power on the ancient landscape / Katharina Schreiber -- Landscape and the Tarascan state : labor, intensification, and land degradation / Christopher T. Fisher -- Tarascan land degradation and alternative traditions in Americanist landscape archaeology / Arthur A. Joyce -- States, landscapes, and the urban process in Upper Mesopotamia : inter-polity alliances, competition, and ritualized exchange / Patricia Wattenmaker -- The Bronze Age political landscape of the southern Levant / Steven E. Falconer and Stephen H. Savage -- Political landscapes and states in Upper Mesopotamia and the Levant / T.J. Wilkinson -- Landscape at two scales : economy and trade in East Africa / Chapurukha M. Kusimba -- Agency, dependency, and long-distance trade : East Africa and the Islamic world, ca. 700-1500 CE / David Killick -- African archaeology in world perspective / Peter Robertshaw. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009028213 |
| ISBN | 9780816526031 (hard cover) |
| ISBN | 0816526036 (hard cover) |