Read the assignment carefully. Use the information provided on these pages to answer questions at the end. Address all of these questions in your essay. The essay should be at least 4 pages long, typed, 11-12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced with one inch margins. Group work is not allowed.
This assignment will give you a deeper understanding of complex societies and how archaeologists interpret them from the archaeological record. Archaeologists concerned with complex societies have identified social and economic hierarchies and continue to devote a good deal of attention to their remains, especially those left by powerful people (Paynter & McGuire 1991). They have used diverse kinds of evidence to examine unequal distribution of resources and its consequences. These include variations in burial practices (Menzel 1976), differences in physical stature as indicators of differential dietary practices within a society (Haviland 1967), differences in the age-specific mortality profiles of different social groups (McCarthy & Graff 1980), the possession of objects exhibiting restricted use or consumption, and differences in the style or size of residential architecture and their accessibility or seclusion.
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