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Auteur(s) : Porter, Benjamin W. (1974-....)
Titre(s) : Complex communities [Texte imprimé] : the archaeology of early Iron Age West-Central Jordan / Benjamin W. Porter
Publication : Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-203 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction: the persistence of community ; Communal complexity on the margins
; Measuring social complexity in the early Iron Age ; Producing community ; Managing
community ; Conclusion: the complex community.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-195) and index
"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 arrangements.
Complex Communities provides detailed, scientifically grounded reconstructions of
how this communal complexity functioned in the region." -- Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Âge du fer -- Jordanie
Établissements humains -- Jordanie -- 4e millénaire av. J.-C.
Antiquités préhistoriques -- Jordanie
Civilisation -- Proche-Orient -- Jusqu'à 622
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780816530328 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0816530327 (cloth) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43872008z
Notice n° :
FRBNF43872008
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
