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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"complex societies"”.
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Sustaining Civilizations: An Examination of Pastoral Production in Three Complex Societies
The development of this model suggests that in societies with low social and economic complexity that pastoral production will be generalized, with very little focus on any single domestic species or product. In the case of the Mesopotamian State, the tributary economy demands a highly specialized …
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Modeling Socioeconomic Evolution and Continuity in Ancient Egypt: The Value and Limitations of Zooarchaeological Analyses
… of similar development in other early complex societies.
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Storage Practices, Intensive Agriculture, and Social Change in Mumun Pottery Period Korea, 2903–2450 Calibrated Years B.P.
… archaeological studies of the origins of early complex societies. Yet, a problem with many of these studies of formation and change in complex societies is that the social significance of storage is assumed rather than demonstrated. In this dissertation, I examine the practice of storage in …
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Reconsidering institutional collapse and social transformation at Moundville during the Fifteenth century
The collapse of ancient complex societies is a topic that denotes a rapid disruption to traditional ways of life. This research reconsiders models for social collapse from the Mississippian center of Moundville, located in west-central Alabama. Collapse has been recognized at the site as a rupture …
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Social use and value of trade ceramics: an analysis of mortuary practices in Calatagan, southwest Luzon, the Philippines
… but were also highly valued possessions in local societies, though their role is poorly understood. Thus, this thesis undertakes a theoretically-informed investigation of the social uses and value systems of imported trade ceramics vis-à-vis locally made earthenwares, from seven cemeteries in …
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The role of hydrological changes in the demise of Iron Age state societies in southern Africa: an integrative study of Mapungubwe, South Africa
… changes in relation to the evolution of complex societies in southern Africa by using an integrated geoarchaeological approach that combines statistical modelling of past rainfall records, geochemical analysis, soil micromorphology, and computational modelling. Analysis of 19th century …
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Endocrine, transcriptomic and social regulation of division of labor in honey bees
Division of labor is a central facet of complex societies. Task specialization by individual members of the society (theoretically) increases the overall productivity and the fitness of the group. The work presented in this dissertation extends existing knowledge about the regulation of …
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Neurogenomic architecture of honey bee social behavior
Animals adaptively navigate complex social interactions, respond to social signals, and modify behavior to meet the demands of a changing environment. To do so, social experience must be embedded in the nervous system to modify behavior in anticipation of future events. How social information is …
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The legitimation of deliberative democracy
… for those who did not take part, when in complex societies there will always be many more outsiders than insiders? Second, there are problems to do with motivations which mean that people may choose not to deliberate even if they can. The thesis begins by criticising the standard …
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The legitimation of deliberative democracy
… for those who did not take part, when in complex societies there will always be many more outsiders than insiders? Second, there are problems to do with motivations which mean that people may choose not to deliberate even if they can. The thesis begins by criticising the standard …
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GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HOLOCENE CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENTAL-HUMAN NEXUS IN THEKURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ
… and settlement dynamics on the widespread of complex societies. The geomorphological mapping of long-time settled landscapes offers important tools for urban planning as much as a plethora of information to reconstruct past human adaptations, subsistence strategies, and early human overprints …
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A Palaeoecological approach to understanding the impact of coastal changes in Late Holocene societies using the Isles of Scilly as a case study
… record, have demonstrated that Scillonian societies had a strong resilience and were able to adapt to environmental changes by diversifying their economic strategies and taking advantage of the new conditions, such as new coastal margins. This adaptability was strong until the development …
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Experimental investigations of cognitive abilities in a socially complex mammal, the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
… Intelligence Hypothesis (SIH), which posits that complex cognitive abilities evolved due to selection pressures associated with life in complex societies. This hypothesis was originally conceived to explain the evolution of intelligence in primates, and most work on this topic has focused on …
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The Life History of Damaraland Mole-rats Fukomys damarensis: Growth, Ageing and Behaviour
… a division of labour amongst helpers, mole-rat societies have repeatedly been likened to the structurally complex societies of some eusocial insects. However, because few studies of mole-rats have quantified individual variation in growth and behaviour across long periods of development, it has …
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Eating identity: food, gender, and social organization in late Neolithic northern China
… because it provides insights into the origin of complex stratified societies. Dawenkou is well known for its extremely elaborate burials indicating incipient social stratification. The initial spread of rice from southern China to the millet agriculture-based societies of the Yellow River Valley, …