Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World
  • Cited by 78
      • Show more authors
      • You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Select format
    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 December 2009
      27 January 1994
      ISBN:
      9780511598401
      9780521545846
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598401
      Dimensions:
      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (246 x 189 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 248 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, American Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Asian Studies, Archaeology, Anthropology
      Series:
      New Directions in Archaeology
    You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Selected: Digital
    Add to cart View cart Buy from Cambridge.org
    Subjects:
    Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, American Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Asian Studies, Archaeology, Anthropology
    Series:
    New Directions in Archaeology
    Information

    Book description

    Factionalism is an important force of social transformation, and this volume examines how factional competition in the kinship and political structures in ancient New World societies led to the development of chiefdoms, states and empires. The case studies, from a range of New World societies, represent all levels of non-egalitarian societies and a wide variety of ecological settings in the New World. They document the effects of factionalism on the structure of particular polities: for example, how it might have led to the growth of social inequality, or to changing patterns of chiefly authority, or to state formation and expansion, or institutional specialisation. The work is a creative and substantial contribution to our understanding of the political dynamics in early state society, and will interest archaeologists, anthropologists, political scientists and historians.

    Refine List

    Actions for selected content:

    Select all | Deselect all
    • View selected items
    • Export citations
    • Download PDF (zip)
    • Save to Kindle
    • Save to Dropbox
    • Save to Google Drive

    Save Search

    You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

    Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
    Cancel
    ×

    Contents

    Contents

    Metrics

    Altmetric attention score

    Full text views

    Total number of HTML views: 0
    Total number of PDF views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    Book summary page views

    Total views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    * Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

    Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

    Accessibility standard: Unknown

    Why this information is here

    This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

    Accessibility Information

    Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.