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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright, Dedication 2 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 12 1. Introduction: The Persistence of Community 18 2. Communal Complexity on the Margins 30 3. Measuring Social Complexity in the Early Iron Age 55 4. Producing Community 86 5. Managing Community 121 6. Conclusion: The Complex Community 150 Notes 166 References 186 Index 214 About the Author 222 Publisher:University of Arizona Press,Published:2013,ISBN:9780816599141,Related ISBN:9780816530328,Language:English,OCLC:862365587 Complex Communities explores how sedentary settlements developed and flourished in the Middle East during the Early Iron Age nearly four thousand years ago. Using archaeological evidence, Benjamin Porter reconstructs how residents maintained their communities despite environmental uncertainties. Living in a semi-arid area in the present-day country of Jordan, villagers faced a harsh and unpredictable ecosystem. Communities fostered resilience by creating flexible production routines and leadership strategies. Settlements developed what archaeologists call “communal complexity,” a condition through which small-scale societies shift between egalitarian and hierarchical

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Author

Benjamin W. Porter

Publisher

The University of Arizona Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781306046640

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities