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The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities

By Adam T. Smith

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0520237501, 0520237498
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
14 MB (14272564 bytes)
Pages
343\343
DPI
600
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-04-07 13:12:10

Description

How do landscapes - defined in the broadest sense as incorporating the physical contours of the built environment, the aesthetics of form, and the imaginative reflections of spatial representations - contribute to the making of politics? This provocative and far-reaching book is the first systematic attempt to explain the links between spatial organization and politics from an anthropological point of view. Sifting through the archaeological, epigraphic, and artistic remains of early complex societies, Adam Smith develops a paradigm for understanding the importance of landscapes to the creation of political authority.

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