Pathways to Power New Perspectives on the Emergence of Social Inequality /

There are few questions more central to understanding the prehistory of our species than those regarding the institutionalization of social inequality. Social inequality is manifested in unequal access to goods, information, decision-making, and power. This structure is essential to higher orders of...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Price, T. Douglas. (Editor), Feinman, Gary M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Series:Fundamental Issues in Archaeology,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6300-0
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