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Burial and Social Change in First Millennium BC Italy
. Ed(S): Perego, Elisa; Scopacasa, Rafael
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Paperback. Editor(s): Perego, Elisa; Scopacasa, Rafael. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
In the first millennium BC, communities in Italy underwent crucial transformations which scholars have often subsumed under the heading of ‘state formation’, namely increased social stratification, the centralisation of political power and, in some cases, urbanisation. Most research has tended to approach the phenomenon of state formation and social change in relation to specific territorial dynamics of growth and expansion, changing modes of exploitation of food and other resources over time, and the adoption of selected socio-ritual practices by the ruling élites in order to construct and negotiate authority. In contrast, comparatively little attention has been paid to the question ... Read more
In the first millennium BC, communities in Italy underwent crucial transformations which scholars have often subsumed under the heading of ‘state formation’, namely increased social stratification, the centralisation of political power and, in some cases, urbanisation. Most research has tended to approach the phenomenon of state formation and social change in relation to specific territorial dynamics of growth and expansion, changing modes of exploitation of food and other resources over time, and the adoption of selected socio-ritual practices by the ruling élites in order to construct and negotiate authority. In contrast, comparatively little attention has been paid to the question ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785701849
SKU
V9781785701849
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About . Ed(S): Perego, Elisa; Scopacasa, Rafael
Elisa Perego is an Honorary Research Associate at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, where she completed her PhD in 2012. Her research interests focus on social marginality and social change in the ancient Mediterranean. Rafael Scopacasa teaches Ancient History at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, where he ... Read more
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