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(0)Monica L. Smith
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
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...
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In The Power of Nature archaeologists address the force and impact of nature relative to human knowledge, action, and volition. Case studies from around the world focusing on different levels of sociopolitical complexity-ranging from early agricultural societies to states and empires-address the ways in which nature retains the upper hand in human agentive environmental discourse, providing an opportunity for an insightful perspective on the current...