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Craft specialization and social evolution : in memory of V. Gordon Childe / Bernard Wailes, editor

Catalog Data

Author:
Childe, V. Gordon (Vere Gordon) 1892-1957  Search this
Wailes, Bernard  Search this
Subject:
Childe, V. Gordon (Vere Gordon) 1892-1957  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 239 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1996
Contents:
V. Gordon Childe and the relations of production / Bernard Wailes -- Gordon Childe and the socioeconomic position of craft specialists in early Mesopotamia / Richard L. Zettler -- Producers, patrons, and prestige : craft specialists and emergent elites in Mesopotamia from 5500-3100 B.C. / Gil J. Stein -- Childe and "the barbarians" : a reconsideration / Philip L. Kohl -- V.G. Childe's world system and the daggers of the early Bronze Age / David W. Anthony -- Craft specialization in late prehistoric Mediterranean Europe / Antonio Gilman -- "Inventiveness and ingenuity"? craft specialization, metallurgy, and the West Mediterranean Bronze Age / Robert Chapman -- Location, organization, and specialization of craft production in late prehistoric Central Europe / Peter S. Wells -- The wool trade and the rise of urbanism in middle Saxon England / Pam J. Crabtree -- Death of a salesman : Childe's itinerant craftsman in the light of present knowledge of late prehistoric European craft production / D. Blair Gibson -- Contexts of specialization : V. Gordon Childe and social evolution / Rita P. Wright -- Craft production and social evolution during the Longshan period of Northern China / Anne P. Underhill -- From community craft to regional specialization : intensification of copper production in pre-state Thailand / Joyce C. White and Vincent C. Pigott -- Metals, specialization, and development in early eastern and southern Asia / Bennet Bronson -- Craft specialization and Olmec civilization / John E. Clark -- Craft specialization and social change along the southern Gulf Coast of Mexico / Philip J. Arnold -- Craft production and mobilization strategies in the Inka Empire / Cathy L. Costin -- Postscript : the continuing interest in V. Gordon Childe / Jeremy A. Sabloff -- But Gordon, where are the people? some comments on the topic of craft specialization and social evolution / Ruth Tringham
Topic:
Civilization, Ancient  Search this
History, Ancient  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Material culture  Search this
Social evolution  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_543699