▪ Abstract This review addresses methods and theories for the archaeological study of
ancient state economies, from the earliest states through the Classical period and beyond …

" The authors combine an excellent state-of-the-art review of the literature in world-systems
analysis with a vigorous presentation of their own quite coherent views. This book is a major …

This interdisciplinary book examines archaeology's engagement with semiotics, from its
early structuralist beginnings to its more recent Peircian encounters. It represents the first …

Globalization is one of the most potent theoretical frameworks of the moment, for it provides
a means by which we can make sense of our socio-cultural connectivities, and the networks …

World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today's students
and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach …

Ancient Israel did not emerge within a vacuum but rather came to exist alongside various
peoples, including Canaanites, Egyptians, and Philistines. Indeed, Israel's very proximity to …

The issues native peoples face intensify with globalization. Through case studies from
around the world, Hall and Fenelon demonstrate how indigenous peoples? movements can …

After almost three centuries of investigations into the question of what it means to be human
and the historical processes of becoming human, archaeologists have amassed a huge …

From the Stone Age to the Internet Age, this book tells the story of human sociocultural
evolution. It describes the conditions under which hunter-gatherers, horticulturalists …

Globalization and Global History argues that globalization is not an exotic and new
phenomenon. Instead it emphasizes that globalization is something that has been with us as …