Olmec Archaeology And Early Mesoamerica

By Christopher A. Pool, Christopher Pool

Introduction -- Great Stone Faces Of The Mexican Jungle -- Olman, The Land Of The Olmecs -- Olmec Beginnings -- Olmec Transformations : The Middle Formative Period -- The Olmecs And Mesoamerica --...

Olmec Archaeology And Early Mesoamerica

By Christopher A. Pool, Christopher Pool, CHRISTOPHER A. POOL

Between 1500 and 500 BC the Olmecs flourished in the tropical lowlands of Mexico's Gulf Coast, creating the most complex of Mesoamerica's early societies and its first monumental art. Emphasising t...

The Political Economy Of Hazards And Disasters

By Margaret BROWN, Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Christopher L. Dyer, Alan Smart, Christopher Pool, Donald R Nelson, Graham A. Tobin, Linda M Whiteford, Josephine Smart, Eric C. Jones, Shelly Brown, Timothy J. Finan, Jennifer Trivedi, Leslie Lea Williams, Arthur D. Murphy, Anthony Oliver-Smith, Ty Matejowsky, Vishwas D. Gogte, Olaf Jaime-Riveron, Steve Kroll-Smith Professor Of Sociology, Rahul Oka, Megan Underhill

Linking Broad-scale Political Economic Contexts To Fine-scale Economic Consequences In Disaster Research / Eric C. Jones And Arthur D. Murphy -- Anthropology And The Political Economy Of Disasters...

The Political Economy Of Hazards And Disasters

By Margaret BROWN, Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Christopher L. Dyer, Alan Smart, Christopher Pool, Donald R Nelson, Graham A. Tobin, Linda M Whiteford, Josephine Smart, Eric C. Jones, Shelly Brown, Timothy J. Finan, Jennifer Trivedi, Leslie Lea Williams, Arthur D. Murphy, Anthony Oliver-Smith, Ty Matejowsky, Vishwas D. Gogte, Olaf Jaime-Riveron, Steve Kroll-Smith Professor Of Sociology, Rahul Oka, Megan Underhill

Throughout history, societies have had to decide whom to 'sacrifice' and whom to help in times of disaster. This volume examines how elite groups attempt to maintain power through the use of partic...

Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives On Resilience, Revitalization, And Transformation In Complex Societies

By Christopher Pool, J. Heath Anderson, Gyles Iannone, Michael Loughlin, Scott Hutson, Katie Lantzas, Nicola Sharratt, Gary Feinman, Maureen Meyers, Ronald K. Faulseit, Victor Thompson, Thomas Emerson, Rebecca Storey, Kristin Hedman, Joseph Tainter, Glenn Storey, Christina Conlee, Julie Hoggarth, T. R. Kidder, Christopher Rodning, Jakob Sedig, Andrea Torvinen, Kari Zobler, Richard Sutter

The Maya. The Romans. The great dynasties of ancient China. It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared. A recent trend in archaeology, however, focu...

Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives On Resilience, Revitalization, And Transformation In Complex Societies

By Christopher Pool, J. Heath Anderson, Gyles Iannone, Michael Loughlin, Scott Hutson, Katie Lantzas, Nicola Sharratt, Gary Feinman, Maureen Meyers, Victor Thompson, Thomas Emerson, Rebecca Storey, Kristin Hedman, Joseph Tainter, Ronald K. Faulseit, Glenn Storey, Christina Conlee, Julie Hoggarth, T. R. Kidder, Christopher Rodning, Jakob Sedig, Andrea Torvinen, Kari Zobler, Richard Sutter

Collapse, Resilience, And Transformation In Complex Societies : Modeling Trends And Understanding Diversity / Ronald K. Faulseit -- Why Collapse Is So Difficult To Understand / Joseph A. Tainter --...

Olmec Archaeology And Early Mesoamerica

By Christopher A. Pool, Christopher Pool

Political Economy Of Hazards And Disasters

By Margaret BROWN, Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Christopher L. Dyer, Alan Smart, Christopher Pool, Donald R Nelson, Graham A. Tobin, Linda M Whiteford, Josephine Smart, Eric C. Jones, Shelly Brown, Timothy J. Finan, Jennifer Trivedi, Leslie Lea Williams, Arthur D. Murphy, Anthony Oliver-Smith, Ty Matejowsky, Vishwas D. Gogte, Olaf Jaime-Riveron, Steve Kroll-Smith Professor Of Sociology, Rahul Oka, Megan Underhill

This volume explores the ways in which economies deal with severe crises: how vulnerability is economically constructed, how production and trade practices adapt to new situations, and how politica...

The Political Economy Of Hazards And Disasters (Society For Economic Anthropology (Sea) Monographs)

By Margaret BROWN, Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Christopher L. Dyer, Alan Smart, Christopher Pool, Donald R Nelson, Graham A. Tobin, Linda M Whiteford, Josephine Smart, Eric C. Jones, Shelly Brown, Timothy J. Finan, Jennifer Trivedi, Leslie Lea Williams, Arthur D. Murphy, Anthony Oliver-Smith, Ty Matejowsky, Vishwas D. Gogte, Olaf Jaime-Riveron, Steve Kroll-Smith Professor Of Sociology, Rahul Oka, Megan Underhill

This volume explores the ways in which economies deal with severe crises: how vulnerability is economically constructed, how production and trade practices adapt to new situations, and how politica...