Regional Approaches to Society and Complexity
Alex R Knodell editor Thomas P Leppard editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Equinox Publishing Ltd
Published:1st Jan '18
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This volume considers regional approaches to social complexity from a variety of perspectives and at a global scale. John F. Cherry has been a key figure in regional-scale inquiry and broader disciplinary interfaces throughout his career, producing, mentoring, and inspiring a remarkably diverse body of work, which nevertheless remains oriented around this central theme. While Cherry's work is the inspiration for this volume and the papers within it, this should not be seen as a traditional festschrift, or piecemeal homage to the honorand's career. Rather, it aims to explore this core concern of regional approaches to society and complexity in comparative perspective, first in the Aegean, then branching out to the wider Mediterranean, New World, and finally reflecting on relevant issues of concern to all archaeologists working at levels above the site.
"......it is a high-quality publication that contains some interesting and insightful papers. Cherry's career-long emphasis on a comparative approach combined with the work of the editors brings some coherence to the plethora of places and periods touched upon in the individual chapters, and the Introduction and conclusions draw out overarching themes as well. It is certainly a fitting tribute to a sparkling career." --Lawrence, D. (2019). New Book Chronicle. Antiquity, 93(367), 280-285. doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.262 "All the papers here have benefitted from the lucidity and the reflexive attention to method which Cherry has consistently applied and promoted. It is because this volume exemplifies those qualities so effectively, as well as advocating them so coherently, that it will become a landmark publication in the advocacy of good, theoretically robust archaeology, with a respectful approach to the collection and analysis of data." from the Foreword by Colin Renfrew
ISBN: 9781781797396
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1024g
374 pages