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1、ARCHAEOLOGIESOFCOMPLEXITYArchaeologiesofComplexityaddressesthenatureofcontemporaryarchaeologyandthestudyofsocialchange,anddebatesthetransi-tionfromperceivedsimple,egalitariansocietiestothecomplexpowerstructuresanddivisionsofourmodernworld.Sincetheeighteenthcentury,archaeologist
2、shaveexaminedcom-plexityintermsofsuccessivetypesofsocieties,fromearlybands,tribesandchiefdomstostates;throughstagesofsocialevolution,including‘savagery’,‘barbarism’and‘civilization’,tothepresentstateofcomplexityandinequality.Thebookexplainstheoftenambiguoustermsof‘complexity’,‘
3、hierarchy’and‘inequality’andprovidesacriticalaccountoftheAnglo-Americanresearchofthelastfortyyearswhichhasheavilyinfluencedthesubject.Theauthorchallengestheestablishedarguments,supportingaradicalalternativeanalysisofearlystatesocietieswithadetailedcasestudyofthelaterprehistorics
4、ocietiesofthewesternMediterranean.HestressestheneedforamoreevenengagementbetweenAnglo-Americanandotherarchaeologistsonissuesofarchaeologicaltheoryandpractice.Theresultisafreshandengaginglookattheoriesofsocialcomplexityandtherelevanceofarchaeologytomodernsociety.RobertChapmanisP
5、rofessorofArchaeologyattheUniversityofReading.ARCHAEOLOGIESOFCOMPLEXITYRobertChapmanFirstpublished2003byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThisediti
6、onpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.©2003RobertChapmanAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretri
7、evalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataChapman,Robert,1949–Archaeologiesofcomplexity/RobertChapman.p.cm.Includesbibli
8、ographicalreferences(p.)andindex.1.Socialarchaeology.2
