The Transition to statehood in the New World / 
edited by Grant D. Jones, Robert R. Kautz. 
 - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  1981. 
 - ix, 254 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - New directions in archaeology .
 - New directions in archaeology. .
<br/><br/> Based on papers presented at a conference held at Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., Jan 19-21, 1979.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 228-248. 
<br/><br/>Issues in the study of New World state formation / Grant D. Jones and Robert R. Kautz -- The chiefdom: precursor of the state / Robert L. Carneiro -- Class conflict and the state in the New World / Jonathan Haas -- The ecological basis for New World state formation: general and local model building / Mark N. Cohen -- The transition to statehood as seen from the mouth of a cave / Richard S. MacNeish -- Religion and the rise of Mesoamerican states / Michael D. Coe -- The nature and role of religious diffusion in the early stages of state formation: an example from Peruvian prehistory / Richard W. Keatinge -- Civilization as a state of mind: the cultural evolution of the lowland Maya / David A. Freidel. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521240751 9780521240758 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>81002569 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indians--Politics and government--Congresses.<br/>Indians--History--Congresses.<br/>Political anthropology--America--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E59.T75  / T7