| Title: |
Social organization and settlement: contributions from anthropology, archaeology and geography |
| Series: |
British Archaeological Reports
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| Volume: |
47
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| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Monograph (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
These volumes, arising from a meeting at Cambridge in 1977, represent multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the social aspects of spatial information. After an article by Green & Haselgrove (vii-xxxvi) emphasizing the difficulties inherent in cross-disciplinary communication, the material is divided into four sections, each with editorial preface and some with other commentary. Section 1, Frontiers, boundaries and group interaction, contains contributions from J Alexander applying the N American historians' concept of 'the frontier' to the earliest European farmers (13-29). A Anderson suggests competition, not population pressure, might promote economic change (31-45) while I Hodder uses competition to explain cultural differences (47-73). L Newson writes on the Law of Cultural Dominance (75-87) and C Renfrew argues for the use of catastrophe theory in understanding innovation (89-117). Section 2, Ecological perspectives on social behaviour, has T Bayliss-Smith emphasizing the difficulties in determining the carrying capacity of an area (129-51) and C Gamble interpreting settlement patterns in the Swabian Alb in terms of resource exploitation (153-85). D R Harris examines the different disciplinary approaches to subsistence systems (187-96) and C P MacCormack looks at production in modern Sierra Leone (197-210). In Section 3, The analysis of settlement pattern and social form, J Gledhill writes on the SW USA (241-90), B K Roberts on villages in County Durham (291-322) and A Macfarlane questions the peasant status of England's population before the Industrial Revolution (323-41). B Hillier et al's paper (343-81) on space syntax (reprint) is critically examined by E R Leach (385 401). Finally, Section 4, The concept of early state formation is introduced by J F Cherry arguing for the adoption of wide temporal and spatial limits in approaching thc problems (411-37). R Hodges considers the beginnings of centralized power in Anglo-Saxon England (439-53), D Nash the situation in Gaul in the last two centuries BC (455-75) and P Richards the growth of political centralization in pre-colnial Nigeria (477-509). D V C |
| Issue Editor: |
David Green
Colin Haselgrove
Matthew Spriggs
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| Year of Publication: |
1978
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| Locations: |
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AngloSaxon England 43953 D Nash |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
County Durham |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Cambridge |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1978
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| Source: |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
