Throughout the history of archaeology, researchers have evaluated human societies in
terms of systems and systems interactions. Complex systems theory (CST), which emerged …

Environmental archaeological enquiry has a long and vibrant history. Many of the same
questions have persisted in archaeological dialogues over the past century. In particular, the …

The causes, consequences, and timing of the rise of moralizing religions in world history
have been the focus of intense debate. Progress has been limited by the availability of …

Throughout the Holocene, societies developed additional layers of administration and more
information-rich instruments for managing and recording transactions and events as they …

Social Complexity and Complex Systems in Archaeology turns to complex systems thinking
in search of a suitable framework to explore social complexity in Archaeology. Social …

This chapter discusses the evolution of sociopolitical organizations. Evolution is understood
here as structural change. The chapter consists of three parts. The first part presents the …

This report describes the current canonical time-series dataset named “Equinox2020,” a
subset of Seshat: Global History Databank data for a well-curated list of polities and …

This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life
expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes …

1. Cosmolocal production requires global and collaborative knowledge production, based
on free association; it is a guarantee that ecological and social problems can be solved both …

Behavior and Culture in One Dimension adopts a broad interdisciplinary approach,
presenting a unified theory of sequences and their functions and an overview of how they …