Ritual, Hierarchy, and Change in Foraging Societies
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Ritual forms one of the key mechanisms of cultural change, including change toward social complexity.
“Vestiges of communal ceremonies are often the most visible aspects of the archaeological record, and ritual forms one of the key mechanisms of cultural change (Bell 1997;Rappaport 1999), including change toward social complexity (Aldenfelder 1993).”
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“Vestiges of communal ceremonies are often the most visible aspects of the archaeological record, and ritual forms one of the key mechanisms of cultural change (Bell 1997; Rappaport 1999), including change toward social complexity (Aldenfelder 1993).”
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- Authors
- Aldenderfer, M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Corresponding author
- Aldenderfer, Mark
- ORCID
- Aldenderfer, Mark
- Venue
- Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1993-03
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-40
- ISSN
- 0278-4165 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2012671567
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 41.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Keywords
- ritual, social hierarchy, cultural change, foraging societies, cultural complexity, gene-culture coevolution, egalitarian society, social inequality, cultural transmission, ritual archaeology
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