Population, Exchange, and Early State Formation in Southwestern Iran
- 1 June 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Anthropologist
- Vol. 77 (2) , 267-289
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1975.77.2.02a00020
Abstract
Several widely discussed single‐variable explanations of the origin of the state are tested using data from Southwestern Iran. These data demonstrate that increasing population or increasing inter‐regional trade alone cannot explain the appearance of specialized governments during the fourth millennium B.C. More complex types of explanation are suggested, and methods for testing them are outlined.Keywords
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