Territoriality in Archaeology brings together a series of studies that examine the dynamic nature of land, boundaries, and social space in ancient political life. The authors draw on diverse perspectives, ranging from evolutionary ecology to critical geography, but share a common interest in exploring variation in territorial patterns and processes, as well as developing models that better account for the role of territorial claims in the constitution of social power. Archaeological case studies exploring the diversity of territoriality in the past range from the Andes Mountains and Latin America to Mesopotamia and South Asia. The Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (AP3A) is published on behalf of the Archaeological Division of the American Anthropological Association. AP3A publishes original monograph–length manuscripts on a wide range of subjects generally considered to fall within the purview of anthropological archaeology. There are no geographical, temporal, or topical restrictions. Organizers of AAA symposia are particularly encouraged to submit manuscripts, but submissions need not be restricted to these or other collected works. INDICE: Table of Contents iii SECTION I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Home Turf: Archaeology, Territoriality, and Politics Parker VanValkenburgh and James F. Osborne 1 SECTION II: ORIGINS AND TRANSITIONS: THE EMERGENCE OF EARLY TERRITORIAL POLITIES Chapter 2. Territoriality and Politics in the Prehistoric and Classical Aegean John L. Bintliff 28 Chapter 3. Grass, Water, Salt, Copper, and Others: Pastoralists’ Territorial Strategies in Central Sudan Augustin F. C. Holl 39 Chapter 4. Mobility, Territorial Commitments, and Political Organization among Late Bronze Age Polities in Southern Caucasia Alan Greene and Ian Lindsay 54 SECTION III: CONTINGENCY AND VARIABILITY IN POLITICAL TERRITORIALITY Chapter 5. Territorial and Nonterritorial Routes to Power: Reconciling Evolutionary Ecological, Social Agency, and Historicist Approaches Benjamin Chabot–Hanowell and Eric Alden Smith 72 Chapter 6. Monumentality, Territoriality, and Networks during the Middle Preclassic in Northwest Honduras Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman 87 Chapter 7. Settlement, Territory, and the Political Landscape of Late Bronze Age Polities in the Northern Levant Jesse Casana 107 SECTION IV: TERRITORIALITY AND POLITICS IN ANCIENT EMPIRES Chapter 8. Geographies of Power: Territoriality and Empire during the Mesopotamian Iron Age Bradley J. Parker 126 Chapter 9. Conquests of Dharma: Network Models and the Study of Ancient Polities Namita Sugandhi 145 Chapter 10. Shifting Territorialities under the Inka Empire: The Case of the Rapay´an Valley in the Central Andean Highlands Alexis Mantha 164 SECTION V: DISCUSSION Chapter 11. New Territory in Archaeological Theory Norman Yoffee 189 List of Contributors 193
- ISBN: 978-1-118-87121-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2014
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