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The Transition to statehood in the New World / edited by Grant D. Jones, Robert R. Kautz.

Contributor(s): Jones, Grant D, 1941- | Kautz, RobertMaterial type: TextTextSeries: New directions in archaeologyPublication details: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981. Description: ix, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0521240751; 9780521240758Subject(s): Indians -- Politics and government -- Congresses | Indians -- History -- Congresses | Political anthropology -- America -- CongressesLOC classification: E59.T75 | T7
Contents:
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.
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 25 - Main Room 		A7 JONES 20088 Not for loan BOOKS*00000009855

Based on papers presented at a conference held at Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., Jan 19-21, 1979.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 228-248.

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.