As exemplified by Viking and Bronze Age societies in northern Europe, we model the
political dynamics of raiding, trading, and slaving as a maritime mode of production. It …

The mid-1990s through the first decade of the new millennium marked an increase in
publications pertaining to war and violence in the ancient past. This review considers how …

The Lake Titicaca basin was one of the major centers for cultural development in the ancient
world. This lacustrine environment is unique in the high, dry Andean altiplano, and its …

This review draws from old and new archaeological data and takes interpretive flavor from
indigenous African concepts to demonstrate that, within a context of local and external …

This series seeks to promote understanding of large-scale and long-term processes of social
change, in particular the many facets and implications of globalization. It critically explores …

Social and human sciences have demonstrated again and again how commensality—the
practice of eating together—has substantial implications, across time and place, for how …

Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences is a book series designed to
foster research-based conversation with all parts of the university campus–from buildings of …

For many years scholars have interpreted the large polities of pastoral nomads of Inner Asia
as having different levels of complexity (pre-state, early state, feudal society, nomadic …

I discuss some of the contributions and limits of norms with respect to the evolution of social
order. The problem of social order—that is, the attainment of cooperation among large …

This chapter explores the relationship between rock art, secret societies, long distance
exchange, and warfare during the Scandinavian Bronze Age. Scandinavian Bronze Age …