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Ten thousand years of inequality : the archaeology of wealth differences, edited by Timothy A. Kohler and Michael E. Smith
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- Summary
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- "Field-defining research that will set the standard for understanding inequality in archaeological contexts"--Provided by publisher
- "Is wealth inequality a universal feature of human societies, or did early peoples live an egalitarian existence? How did inequality develop before the modern era? Did inequalities in wealth increase as people settled into a way of life dominated by farming and herding? Why in general do such disparities increase, and how recent are the high levels of wealth inequality now experienced in many developed nations? How can archaeologists tell? Ten Thousand Years of Inequality addresses these and other questions by presenting the fist set of consistent quantitative measurements of ancient wealth inequality. The authors are archaeologists who have adapted the Gini index, a statistical measure of wealth distribution often used by economists to measure contemporary inequality, and applied it to house-size distributions serve as a model for other archaeologists and historians who want to document past patterns of wealth disparity. The chapters cover a variety of ancient cases, including early hunter-gatherers, farmer villages, and agrarian states and empires. the final chapter synthesizes and compares the results. Among the new and notable outcomes, the authors report a systematic difference between higher levels of inequality in ancient Old World socitiesand lower levels in their New World counterparts. For the firs time, archaeology allows humanity's deep past to provide an account of the early manifestations of wealth inequality around the world. " -- inside book cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 337 pages
- Contents
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- Studying inequality's deep past / Michael E. Smith, Timothy A. Kohler, and Gary M. Feinman
- Letting the Gini out of the bottle: measuring inequality archaeologically / Christian E. Peterson and Robert D. Drennan
- Dreaming beyond Gini: methodological steps toward a composite archaeological inequality index / Rahul C. Oka [and six others]
- Testing hypotheses about emergent inequality (using Gini coefficients) in a complex fisher-forager society at the Bridge River site, British Columbia / Anna Marie Prentiss, Thomas A. Foor, and Mary-Margaret Murphy
- In and out of chains: the changing social contract in the Pueblo Southwest, AD 600-1300 / Timothy A. Kohler and Laura J. Ellyson
- Steady inequality in changing times: an examination of regional patterns in Hohokam structure data / Matthew Pailes
- Exploring measures of inequality in the Mississippian heartland / Alleen Betzenhauser
- Farming, inequality, and urbanization: a comparative analysis of late prehistoric northern Mesopotamia and southwestern Germany / Amy Bogaard, Amy Styring, Jade Whitlam, Mattia Fochesatto, and Samuel Bowles
- The trajectory of social inequality in ancient Mesopotamia / Elizabeth C. Stone
- Assessing wealth inequality in the pre-Hispanic Valley of Oaxaca: comparative implications / Gary M. Feinman, Ronald K. Faulseit, and Linda M. Nicholas
- Deep inequality: summary and conclusions / Timothy A. Kohler [and twelve others]
- Isbn
- 9780816537747
- Label
- Ten thousand years of inequality : the archaeology of wealth differences
- Title
- Ten thousand years of inequality
- Title remainder
- the archaeology of wealth differences
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Timothy A. Kohler and Michael E. Smith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "Field-defining research that will set the standard for understanding inequality in archaeological contexts"--Provided by publisher
- "Is wealth inequality a universal feature of human societies, or did early peoples live an egalitarian existence? How did inequality develop before the modern era? Did inequalities in wealth increase as people settled into a way of life dominated by farming and herding? Why in general do such disparities increase, and how recent are the high levels of wealth inequality now experienced in many developed nations? How can archaeologists tell? Ten Thousand Years of Inequality addresses these and other questions by presenting the fist set of consistent quantitative measurements of ancient wealth inequality. The authors are archaeologists who have adapted the Gini index, a statistical measure of wealth distribution often used by economists to measure contemporary inequality, and applied it to house-size distributions serve as a model for other archaeologists and historians who want to document past patterns of wealth disparity. The chapters cover a variety of ancient cases, including early hunter-gatherers, farmer villages, and agrarian states and empires. the final chapter synthesizes and compares the results. Among the new and notable outcomes, the authors report a systematic difference between higher levels of inequality in ancient Old World socitiesand lower levels in their New World counterparts. For the firs time, archaeology allows humanity's deep past to provide an account of the early manifestations of wealth inequality around the world. " -- inside book cover
- Cataloging source
- AzTeS/DLC
- Dewey number
- 930.1
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CC72.4
- LC item number
- .T44 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- 1953-
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- Kohler, Timothy A.
- Smith, Michael Ernest
- Series statement
- Amerind studies in anthropology
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Social archaeology
- Equality
- Prehistoric peoples
- Equality
- Social archaeology
- Label
- Ten thousand years of inequality : the archaeology of wealth differences, edited by Timothy A. Kohler and Michael E. Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Studying inequality's deep past / Michael E. Smith, Timothy A. Kohler, and Gary M. Feinman -- Letting the Gini out of the bottle: measuring inequality archaeologically / Christian E. Peterson and Robert D. Drennan -- Dreaming beyond Gini: methodological steps toward a composite archaeological inequality index / Rahul C. Oka [and six others] -- Testing hypotheses about emergent inequality (using Gini coefficients) in a complex fisher-forager society at the Bridge River site, British Columbia / Anna Marie Prentiss, Thomas A. Foor, and Mary-Margaret Murphy -- In and out of chains: the changing social contract in the Pueblo Southwest, AD 600-1300 / Timothy A. Kohler and Laura J. Ellyson -- Steady inequality in changing times: an examination of regional patterns in Hohokam structure data / Matthew Pailes -- Exploring measures of inequality in the Mississippian heartland / Alleen Betzenhauser -- Farming, inequality, and urbanization: a comparative analysis of late prehistoric northern Mesopotamia and southwestern Germany / Amy Bogaard, Amy Styring, Jade Whitlam, Mattia Fochesatto, and Samuel Bowles -- The trajectory of social inequality in ancient Mesopotamia / Elizabeth C. Stone -- Assessing wealth inequality in the pre-Hispanic Valley of Oaxaca: comparative implications / Gary M. Feinman, Ronald K. Faulseit, and Linda M. Nicholas -- Deep inequality: summary and conclusions / Timothy A. Kohler [and twelve others]
- Control code
- 1010543742
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780816537747
- Lccn
- 2017047626
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1010543742
- Label
- Ten thousand years of inequality : the archaeology of wealth differences, edited by Timothy A. Kohler and Michael E. Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Studying inequality's deep past / Michael E. Smith, Timothy A. Kohler, and Gary M. Feinman -- Letting the Gini out of the bottle: measuring inequality archaeologically / Christian E. Peterson and Robert D. Drennan -- Dreaming beyond Gini: methodological steps toward a composite archaeological inequality index / Rahul C. Oka [and six others] -- Testing hypotheses about emergent inequality (using Gini coefficients) in a complex fisher-forager society at the Bridge River site, British Columbia / Anna Marie Prentiss, Thomas A. Foor, and Mary-Margaret Murphy -- In and out of chains: the changing social contract in the Pueblo Southwest, AD 600-1300 / Timothy A. Kohler and Laura J. Ellyson -- Steady inequality in changing times: an examination of regional patterns in Hohokam structure data / Matthew Pailes -- Exploring measures of inequality in the Mississippian heartland / Alleen Betzenhauser -- Farming, inequality, and urbanization: a comparative analysis of late prehistoric northern Mesopotamia and southwestern Germany / Amy Bogaard, Amy Styring, Jade Whitlam, Mattia Fochesatto, and Samuel Bowles -- The trajectory of social inequality in ancient Mesopotamia / Elizabeth C. Stone -- Assessing wealth inequality in the pre-Hispanic Valley of Oaxaca: comparative implications / Gary M. Feinman, Ronald K. Faulseit, and Linda M. Nicholas -- Deep inequality: summary and conclusions / Timothy A. Kohler [and twelve others]
- Control code
- 1010543742
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780816537747
- Lccn
- 2017047626
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1010543742
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