The Archaeology of Power and Politics in Eurasia: Regimes and Revolutions

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For thousands of years, the geography of Eurasia has facilitated travel, conquest and colonization by various groups, from the Huns in ancient times to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the past century. This book brings together archaeological investigations of Eurasian regimes and revolutions ranging from the Bronze Age to the modern day, from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus in the west to the Mongolian steppe and the Korean Peninsula in the east. The authors examine a wide-ranging series of archaeological studies in order to better understand the role of politics in the history and prehistory of the region. This book re-evaluates the significance of power, authority and ideology in the emergence and transformation of ancient and modern societies in this vast continent.

Charles W. Hartley is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He most recently published (with Alan Greene) 'From Analog to Digital: Protocols and Program for a Systematic Digital Radiography of Archaeological Pottery' in Vessels: Inside and Outside, Proceedings of the 9th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (EMAC '07), edited by Katalin Biro, Veronika Szilagyi and Attila Kreiter. G. Bike Yazicioglu is a PhD candidate in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Her published work includes 'Archaeological Politics of Anatolia: Imaginative Identity of an Imaginative Geography' in Social Orders and Social Landscapes, edited by L. M. Popova, C. W. Hartley and A. T. Smith. Adam T. Smith is a professor of anthropology at Cornell University. His publications include The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Societies and The Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian Societies I: The Foundations of Research and Regional Survey in the Tsaghkahovit Plain, Armenia (co-authored with R. Badalyan and P. Avetisyan).