{"product_id":"after-collapse-the-regeneration-of-complex-societies-paperback","title":"After Collapse: The Regeneration of Complex Societies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGlenn M. Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Euphrates Valley to the southern Peruvian Andes, early complex societies have risen and fallen, but in some cases they have also been reborn. Prior archaeological investigation of these societies has focused primarily on emergence and collapse. This is the first book-length work to examine the question of how and why early complex urban societies have reappeared after periods of decentralization and collapse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ranging widely across the Near East, the Aegean, East Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Andes, these cross-cultural studies expand our understanding of social evolution by examining how societies were transformed during the period of radical change now termed \"collapse.\" They seek to discover how societal complexity reemerged, how second-generation states formed, and how these re-emergent states resembled or differed from the complex societies that preceded them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The contributors draw on material culture as well as textual and ethnohistoric data to consider such factors as preexistent institutions, structures, and ideologies that are influential in regeneration; economic and political resilience; the role of social mobility, marginal groups, and peripheries; and ethnic change. In addition to presenting a number of theoretical viewpoints, the contributors also propose reasons why regeneration sometimes does not occur after collapse. A concluding contribution by Norman Yoffee provides a critical exegesis of \"collapse\" and highlights important patterns found in the case histories related to peripheral regions and secondary elites, and to the ideology of statecraft. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e blazes new research trails in both archaeology and the study of social change, demonstrating that the archaeological record often offers more clues to the \"dark ages\" that precede regeneration than do text-based studies. It opens up a new window on the past by shifting the focus away from the rise and fall of ancient civilizations to their often more telling fall and rise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e CONTRIBUTORS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bennet Bronson\u003cbr\u003e Arlen F. Chase\u003cbr\u003e Diane Z. Chase\u003cbr\u003e Christina A. Conlee\u003cbr\u003e Lisa Cooper\u003cbr\u003e Timothy S. Hare\u003cbr\u003e Alan L. Kolata\u003cbr\u003e Marilyn A. Masson\u003cbr\u003e Gordon F. McEwan\u003cbr\u003e Ellen Morris\u003cbr\u003e Ian Morris\u003cbr\u003e Carlos Peraza Lope\u003cbr\u003e Kenny Sims\u003cbr\u003e Miriam T. Stark\u003cbr\u003e Jill A. Weber\u003cbr\u003e Norman Yoffee\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Collapse blazes new research trails in both archaeology and the study of social change, demonstrating that archaeology can offer more clues to the \"dark ages\" that precede regeneration than text-based studies. It opens up a new window on the past by shifting the focus away from the rise and fall of ancient civilizations to their often more telling fall and rise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn M. Schwartz is Whiting Professor of Archaeology at the Johns Hopkins University and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies\u003c\/i\u003e. John J. Nichols received his Ph.D. in Near Eastern archaeology from Johns Hopkins University in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52618372415795,"sku":"9780816529360","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/b2M1RTNReHNua2tFNEpPSXJ0Y3VkZz09.webp?v=1761904694","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/after-collapse-the-regeneration-of-complex-societies-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}