War and Early State Formation in Oaxaca, Mexico

The origin of the state is one of the leading research problems in anthropology and researchers have increasingly turned attention to the role played by warfare in state development. Spence highlights the close correspondence in time between the earliest evidence of territorial conquest and the earl...

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Published inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 100; no. 20; pp. 11185 - 11187
Main Author Spencer, Charles S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States National Academy of Sciences 30.09.2003
National Acad Sciences
Subjects
Anthropological museums
Anthropology
Archaeological paradigms
Area planning & development
Chiefdoms
Commentaries
Comparative analysis
Delegation of authority
Palaces
Polities
Radiocarbon calibration
Radiocarbon dating
Territories
War
Warfare
Oaxaca Mexico
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Summary:The origin of the state is one of the leading research problems in anthropology and researchers have increasingly turned attention to the role played by warfare in state development. Spence highlights the close correspondence in time between the earliest evidence of territorial conquest and the earliest evidence of state organization in Oaxaca, Mexico based on Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus' archeaological evidence of changing warfare practices in the region.
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See companion article on page 11801.
E-mail: cspencer@amnh.org.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.2034992100