Studies of social complexity increasingly recognize the role of maritime communities in the development of large sociopolitical systems. The Central Andes prese

This title is a comprehensive survey of maritime archaeology as seen through the eyes of nearly fifty scholars at a time when maritime archaeology has establish

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The organization and characteristics of early and ancient states have become the focus of a renewed interest from archaeologists, ancient historians and anthrop