Bronze Age Economics: The First Political Economies

by Timothy Earle

Overview

"Timothy Earle has set out to offer the most comprehensive view now available of the economic foundations of early societies, and it may well be that he has succeeded. Bronze Age Economics is a pioneering contribution to archaeological theory." —Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429981623
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/13/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Earle, Timothy

Table of Contents

Preface -- Political Economies of Chiefdoms and Agrarian States -- The Ecology and Politics of Primitive Valuables -- Chiefdoms in Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives -- Hawaiian Chiefdoms -- A Reappraisal of Redistribution -- Prehistoric Irrigation in the Hawaiian Islands -- Specialization and the Production of Wealth -- Style and Iconography as Legitimation in Complex Chiefdoms -- Andean Chiefdoms and the Inka Empire -- Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy -- Wealth Finance in the Inka Empire -- Exchange and Social Stratification in the Andes -- Status Distinction and Legitimation of Power as Reflected in Changing Patterns of Consumption in Late Prehispanic Peru -- Chiefdoms of Denmark -- The Bronze Age Economy of Thy -- Property Rights and the Evolution of Chiefdoms -- Ideology, Materialization, and Power Strategies

Editorial Reviews

In 14 essays written across the span of his career, Earle (anthropology, Northwestern U.) describes how political economies emerged in human societies. As a social evolutionist, he believes human societies have changed, and paints in broad strokes how the intensification and control of human economies in Bronze-age chiefdoms were basic to the evolutionary process. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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