Pathways to Power New Perspectives on the Emergence of Social Inequality /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Price, T. Douglas (Editor), Feinman, Gary M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; History.; Archaeology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Social Sciences.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; History, general.

There are few questions more central to understanding the prehistory of our species than those regarding the institutionalization of social inequality. Social inequality is manifested in unequal access to goods, information, decision-making, and power. This structure is essential to higher orders of...