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1、ARCHAEOLOGIESOFCOMPLEXITYArchaeologiesofComplexityaddressesthenatureofcontemporaryarchaeologyandthestudyofsocialchange,anddebatesthetransi-tionfromperceivedsimple,egalitariansocietiestothecomplexpowerstructuresanddivisionsofourmodernworld.Sincetheeighteen
2、thcentury,archaeologistshaveexaminedcom-plexityintermsofsuccessivetypesofsocieties,fromearlybands,tribesandchiefdomstostates;throughstagesofsocialevolution,including‘savagery’,‘barbarism’and‘civilization’,tothepresentstateofcomplexityandinequality.Thebook
3、explainstheoftenambiguoustermsof‘complexity’,‘hierarchy’and‘inequality’andprovidesacriticalaccountoftheAnglo-Americanresearchofthelastfortyyearswhichhasheavilyinfluencedthesubject.Theauthorchallengestheestablishedarguments,supportingaradicalalternativeanal
4、ysisofearlystatesocietieswithadetailedcasestudyofthelaterprehistoricsocietiesofthewesternMediterranean.HestressestheneedforamoreevenengagementbetweenAnglo-Americanandotherarchaeologistsonissuesofarchaeologicaltheoryandpractice.Theresultisafreshandengaging
5、lookattheoriesofsocialcomplexityandtherelevanceofarchaeologytomodernsociety.RobertChapmanisProfessorofArchaeologyattheUniversityofReading.ARCHAEOLOGIESOFCOMPLEXITYRobertChapmanFirstpublished2003byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublish
6、edintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.©2003RobertChapmanAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyfo
7、rmorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordfort
8、hisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataChapman,Robert,1949–Archaeologiesofcomplexity/RobertChapman.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferences(p.)andindex.1.Socialarchaeology.2
