Archaeological views from the countryside : village communities in earlycomplex societies / edited by Glenn M. Schwartz and Steven E. Falconer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Rural Approaches to Social Complexity / Glenn M. Schwartz and Steven E. Falconer -- Ch. 2. Segmentary States and Organizational Variation in Early Complex Societies: A Rural Perspective / Gil Stein -- Ch. 3. Rural Economic Specialization and Early Urbanization in the Khabur Valley, Syria / Glenn M. Schwartz -- Ch. 4. Urban-Rural Relations in Bronze Age Syria: Evidence from Alalah Level VII Palace Archives / Bonnie Magness-Gardiner -- Ch. 5. The Ancient Maya Craft Community at Colha, Belize, and Its External Relationships / Thomas R. Hester and Harry J. Shafer -- Ch. 6. Small Sites in Prehistoric Maya Socioeconomic Organization: A Perspective from Colha, Belize / Eleanor King and Daniel Potter -- Ch. 7. Specialized Commodity Production in and around Matacapan: Testing the Goodness of Fit of the Regal-Ritual and Administrative Models / Robert S. Santley.

Ch. 8. State Formation and the Organization of Domestic Craft Production at Third-Millennium B.C. Kurban Hoyuk, Southeast Turkey / Patricia Wattenmaker -- Ch. 9. Village Economy and Society in the Jordan Valley: A Study of Bronze Age Rural Complexity / Steven E. Falconer -- Ch. 10. Social Complexity in the Aztec Countryside / Michael E. Smith -- Ch. 11. The Classic Maya Collapse at Copan, Honduras: An Analysis of Maya Rural Settlement Trends / Anncorinne Freter -- Ch. 12. Rural Household Diversity in Late Classic Copan, Honduras / Nancy Gonlin -- Ch. 13. Village Approaches to Complex Societies / Brian Hayden -- Ch. 14. Scale, Organization, and Function in Village and Town / Carol Kramer.

"Important collection of articles on rural settlements of ancient Mesoamerican and Near Eastern civilizations. Documentation of heterogeneity in rural settlements is a central theme. Articles on Mesoamerica deal with the Maya site of Colha, Belize. and chert production; Matacapán, Veracruz, and the organization of craft production; Aztec period settlements in Morelos; and households and settlement patterns in the Copán Valley"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, volume 57.

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