Contents
Preface
1. Studying Inequality’s Deep Past / Michael E. Smith, Timothy A. Kohler, and Gary M. Feinman
2. Letting the Gini Out of the Bottle: Measuring Inequality Archaeologically / Christian E. Peterson and Robert D. Drennan
3. Dreaming Beyond Gini: Methodological Steps Toward a Composite Archaeological Inequality Index / Rahul C. Oka et al.
4. Testing Hypotheses About Emergent Inequality (Using Gini Coefficients) in a Complex Fisher-Forager Society at the Bridge River Site, British Columbia / Anna Marie Prentiss, Thomas A. Foor, and Mary-Margaret Murphy
5. In and Out of Chains? The Changing Social Contract in the Pueblo Southwest, AD 600–1300 / Timothy A. Kohler and Laura J. Ellyson
6. Steady Inequality in Changing Times: An Examination of Regional Patterns in Hohokam Structure Data / Matthew Pailes
7. Exploring Measures of Inequality in the Mississippian Heartland / Alleen Betzenhauser
8. Farming, Inequality, and Urbanization: A Comparative Analysis of Late Prehistoric Northern Mesopotamia and Southwestern Germany / Amy Bogaard et al.
9. The Trajectory of Social Inequality in Ancient Mesopotamia / Elizabeth C. Stone
10. Assessing Wealth Inequality in the Pre-Hispanic Valley of Oaxaca: Comparative Implications / Gary M. Feinman, Ronald K. Faulseit, and Linda M. Nicholas
11. Deep Inequality: Summary and Conclusions / Timothy A. Kohler et al.
Contributors
Index