Sustaining Civilizations: An Examination of Pastoral Production in Three Complex Societies
Loyet, Michelle Ann
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Description
Title
Sustaining Civilizations: An Examination of Pastoral Production in Three Complex Societies
Author(s)
Loyet, Michelle Ann
Issue Date
2003
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Brewer, Douglas J.
Department of Study
Anthropology
Discipline
Anthropology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Anthropology, Archaeology
Language
eng
Abstract
The development of this model suggests that in societies with low social and economic complexity that pastoral production will be generalized, with very little focus on any single domestic species or product. In the case of the Mesopotamian State, the tributary economy demands a highly specialized focus on the production of ovicaprines and their secondary products, namely wool. By the Islamic Period, currency and a system of taxation as opposed to tribute allows for an economy that focuses on optimization of all taxa and their products.
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