Book
Local exchange and early state development in southwestern Iran
Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan • (51) • Published In 1973 • Pages: x, 205
By: Johnson, Gregory Alan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph reviews various theories of the origin of the state, evaluated in terms of a test case, namely the rise of the state during the fourth millenium BC on the Susiana plain of Khuzistan, Iran. A general information theory is suggested to explain this development and perhaps resolve the conflicting positions of other theories . This study attempts to show that increase in information processing requirements was a major determinant in the origin of the state in Khuzistan. In addition, it will argue that the relationshilp between information processing and societal complexity is equally applicable to explanation of primary states in general, and that factors resulting in increased information processing requirements may vary from case to case (p. 12).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Typologies and classifications
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6000-5100 BP (4000-3100 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Susiana Plain, Khuzistan, Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gregory Alan Johnson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73623150
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Iran--Khūzistān/Khūzistān (Iran)--Antiquities/Khūzistān (Iran)--Politics and government