ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Social Complexity, State Religion, Centralized Government
18 Nov 2016
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News from the past: how farming changed the dog. Archaeologists use civilization" as shorthand for urbanized, state-level societies: pre-industrial. Closely linked to the concept of a city . A type of society marked by the process of cities. The state, political organization that sets the rules for governing a society. Focus on role that settlements play within regional context: setting for institutions and activities important for a larger hinterland. Political (palace or seat of a political administration) Large and relatively dense settlement; interdependency with hinterland. Centralized institutions, reflected in palaces and temples, sometimes a city wall. A political unit governed by central authority; power cuts across kinship lines. No to obvious archaeologically: archaeology focuses on both cities and the rural hinterland (agricultural, village life) to understand organizational elements of cities and states. In ancient civilizations key institutions tend to be centered in a small number of settlements.
