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Of all the ancient states, the concept of heterarchy would seem to be least applicable to ancient Egypt.There, according to traditional interpretations, successive polities in the 3rd Millennium BC successfully monopolized power and authority by means of increasingly elaborate and hierarchically- arranged administrative structures and functions. But recent analyses and evidence suggest that state did not maintain absolute control at all times and in all areas of the state, particularly with...
Inka Unku: Imperial or Provincial? State-Local Relations (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Standardized Inka tunics or unku were created under the Inka State auspices as symbolic expressions of their expansionist power. To ensure these textiles acquired the status of effective insignias of territorial control, the Inka imposed technical and aesthetic canons on highly skilled weavers. These conventions were adapted relative to the traditions and...
Nueva hipótesis en torno a la organización política olmeca de San Lorenzo (2021)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Hay cierto acuerdo entre los arqueólogos que los olmecas integraron verdaderos estados. Aunque se sostiene que eran sistemas centralizados, la naturaleza política de esta organización permanece todavía poco clara, así como sus mecanismos de funcionamiento. Por ahora, los significativos avances en el conocimiento de la más antigua capital olmeca, San...
Plaza of the Columns at Teotihuacan: Scope, Goals and Expectations of a New International Project (2016)
Summer 2015, the Plaza of the Columns Project began a multi-year collaborative investigation of two large residential/ceremonial complexes that remained unexplored at Teotihuacan’s ceremonial core: Plaza of the Columns and its symmetric counterpart called Plaza North of the Sun Pyramid. The former comprises the largest three-temple complex with the fourth highest pyramid, a main plaza (11,408 m2) larger than the Sun Pyramid plaza, and deep occupational layers that could provide information about...
Power and Settlement in Prehispanic and Early Spanish Colonial Yucundaa-Pueblo Viejo de Teposcolula, Oaxaca (2017)
Yucundaa-Pueblo Viejo de Teposcolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, is the urban capital and power center of a Prehispanic and Early Colonial Mixtec state, occupying four square kilometers from AD 1000 to 1550. This research utilizes a convergent archaeological, ethnohistoric, and biological methodology, and focuses on the evolution and transformation of the city and its surroundings until the time of its relocation to the adjacent lowlands in 1550. Of particular concern was identification and analysis of...
The State of Underwater Archaeology in The 21st Century: A State Perspective (2024)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Underwater Archaeology In The 21st Century: From Humble Beginnings To Integration With Anthropology And Archaeology", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This presentation looks back to the 1981 article, "Nautical Archaeology: Coming of Age, But Facing an Identity Crisis," penned by John Broadwater and both presented at the 12th Conference on Underwater Archaeology and included in its proceedings. That paper...
Tar, Glue and Iron – A Close Study of the Role of the Stockholm Shipyards in Swedish State Formation - 1625-26 (2018)
- The 18th [January], purchased Matz Erich[sson] and [Bengt] Joen[sson], 166 baskets of straw in Broschön for – 6 [Daler], 15 [Öre], and 12 [Penningar] - …On the fourteenth on the same month, [unspecified] purchased glue - 12 [Öre] - …On the seventh of January 1626, Master Johann took with him to Småland - 1000 [Daler] Entries such as these make up the bulk of the Stockholm Naval account books for the years 1625 and 26. Naval-yard’s administrative systems. This was a...