Susan Keech McIntosh

Beyond Chiefdoms: Pathways to Complexity in Africa

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ISBN 13:: 9780521022699
author:: Susan Keech McIntosh
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Cambridge University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2005
Pages:: 188
Genre:: Anthropology Textbook
Condition:: New
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Beyond Chiefdoms: Pathways to Complexity in Africa

This book offers a fresh perspective on complex societies by exploring case material from sub-Saharan Africa. Recent critiques have highlighted the need for a broader empirical base, and this volume addresses this gap by considering how regional examples can enhance our understanding of complexity.

Through a combination of archaeological, historical, and anthropological approaches, the book examines the nature, origins, and development of complexity in various ways. The contributors engage with important theoretical issues, including alternative modes of complex organization and the significance of different forms of power.

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