The advent of social complexity has been a longstanding debate among social scientists. Existing theories and approaches involving the origins of social complex

New data and interpretations that shed light on the nature of power relations in prehistoric and contemporary Indigenous societies This volume explores the natu

Conditioned by local ways of knowing and doing, Great Zimbabwe develops a new interpretation of the famous World Heritage site of Great Zimbabwe. It combines ar

The book describes a novel approach to early cities that is transdisciplinary, scientific, historical, and based on social-science knowledge.

Trade before Civilization explores the role that long-distance exchange played in the establishment and/or maintenance of social complexity, and its role in the