Fargher, Lane F., editorHeredia Espinoza, Verenice Y., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2016-11-282016-11-282016http://hdl.handle.net/10217/178264Includes bibliographical references and index.Focuses on architecture, economics, and power in the evolution of complex societies. Case studies from Mesoamerica, Asia, Africa, and Europe examine the relationship between political structures and economic configurations of ancient chiefdoms and states through a framework of comparative archaeology.--Provided by publisher.It was the economy, stupid / Stephen A. Kowalewski -- Alternative pathways to power in formative Oaxaca / Arthur A. Joyce and Sarah B. Barber -- Built space as political fields: community vs. lineage strategies in the Tequila Valleys / Christopher S. Beekman -- Complexity without centralization: corporate power in postclassic Jalisco / Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza -- Central Precinct Plaza: replication and corporate groups in Mesoamerica / Barbara L. Stark -- Featherwork as a commodity complex in the late postclassic Mesoamerican world system / Frances F. Berdan -- Classic Maya marketplaces and exchanges: examining market competition as a factor for understanding commodity distributions / Lisa J. LeCount -- Enduring nations and emergent states: rulership, subjecthood, and power in early Scandinavia / T.L. Thurston -- The Bakitara (Banyoro) of Uganda and collective action theory / Peter Robertshaw -- Cognitive codes and collective action at Mari and the Indus / Rita Wright -- "We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us": interpreting architectural evolution in a Sinhalese Village / Deborah Winslow -- Network strategy and war / Peter N. Peregrine and Carol R. Ember -- Framing the rise and variability of past complex societies / Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas -- Pathways to power: corporate and network strategies; staple and wealth finance; and primary and secondary states / Tim Earle -- Corporate power strategies, collective action, and control of principals: a cross cultural perspective / Lane F. Fargher.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Blanton, Richard E.Technological complexityArchaeology -- Cross-cultural studiesArchitecture and archaeologyEconomic anthropologySocial archaeologyTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.