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Archaeology and State Theory: Subjects and Objects of Power - Debates in Archaeology Routledge, Bruce (University of Liverpool, UK)
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Archaeology and State Theory: Subjects and Objects of Power - Debates in Archaeology
Routledge, Bruce (University of Liverpool, UK)
Over the years archaeological research has shifted decisively from check-list identifications of the state as an evolutionary type to studies of how power and authority were constituted in specific polities. This book illustrates conceptual issues by means of case studies drawn from Madagascar, Mesopotamia, the Inca, the Maya, Egypt and Greece.
Marc Notes: Over the years archaeological research has shifted decisively from check-list identifications of the state as an evolutionary type to studies of how power and authority were constituted in specific polities. This book illustrates conceptual issues by means of case studies drawn from Madagascar, Mesopotamia, the Inca, the Maya, Egypt, and Greece. Biographical Note: Bruce Routledge is Senior Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool. He is the author of "Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology" (2004). Publisher Marketing: After neo-evolutionism, how does one talk about the pre-modern state? Over the past two decades archaeological research has shifted decisively from check-list identifications of the state as an evolutionary type to studies of how power and authority were constituted in specific polities. Developing Gramsci's concept of hegemony, this book provides an accessible discussion of general principles that serve to help us understand and organise these new directions in archaeological research. Throughout this book, conceptual issues are illustrated by means of case studies drawn from Madagascar, Mesopotamia, the Inca, the Maya and Greece.
Contributor Bio: Routledge, Bruce Bruce Routledge is Senior Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool. He is the author of 'Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology' (2004).
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 21, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781474237130 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Genre | Chronological Period > Ancient (To 499 A.d.) |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 141 × 217 × 15 mm · 249 g |
| Language | English |
