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View article: Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality
Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality Open
Here, we assess the extent to which land use relating to food acquisition (farming, herding, foraging) and associated value regimes shaped past economic inequality. We consider the hypothesis that land-use systems in which production was l…
View article: 100 generations of wealth equality after the Neolithic transitions
100 generations of wealth equality after the Neolithic transitions Open
From Rousseau onward, scholars have identified the transition to sedentary agriculture as crucial to the history of wealth inequality. Here, using the GINI project’s global database on disparities in residential size, we examine the effect…
View article: Kuznets’ tides: An archaeological perspective on the long-term dynamics of sustainable development
Kuznets’ tides: An archaeological perspective on the long-term dynamics of sustainable development Open
Understanding the relationship between inequality and economic growth is a critical science problem that hinders sustainable development. In 1955, Simon Kuznets hypothesized that rising economic growth raises inequality, which levels off a…
View article: Economic inequality is fueled by population scale, land-limited production, and settlement hierarchies across the archaeological record
Economic inequality is fueled by population scale, land-limited production, and settlement hierarchies across the archaeological record Open
Defining wealth broadly to include wealth in people, relational connections, and material possessions, we examine the prehistory of wealth inequality at the level of the residential units using the consistent proxy of Gini coefficients cal…
View article: The Capability Approach and Archaeological Interpretation of Transformations: On the Role of Philosophy for Archaeology
The Capability Approach and Archaeological Interpretation of Transformations: On the Role of Philosophy for Archaeology Open
Over its history, archaeology has seen a varied set of uses made of philosophy and philosophical concepts. A persistent critique has been that too often philosophical or more generally theoretical debates have made little difference in ter…
View article: The Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project: analysing archaeological housing data
The Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project: analysing archaeological housing data Open
The GINI project investigates the dynamics of inequality among populations over the long term by synthesising global archaeological housing data. This project brings archaeologists together from around the world to assess hypotheses concer…
View article: Interlinking research: the <i>Big Exchange</i> project
Interlinking research: the <i>Big Exchange</i> project Open
The Big Exchange project investigates large-scale exchange systems in Eurasia and Africa (8000–1 BC). We concentrate on raw materials of known origin (‘sourced finds’). Network analysis of tools and artificial intelligence methods are used…
View article: Prehistoric mining
Prehistoric mining Open
Prehistoric copper mining in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula continues the previous work on copper mining by the editors and main authors N. Rafel Fontanals, M.A. Hunt Ortiz, I. Soriano and S. Delgado-Raack. The site La Turquesa, a…
View article: British Neolithic Axehead Distributions and Their Implications
British Neolithic Axehead Distributions and Their Implications Open
Neolithic stone axeheads from Britain provide an unusually rich, well-provenanced set of evidence with which to consider patterns of prehistoric production and exchange. It is no surprise then that these objects have often been subject to …
View article: New Radiocarbon Dates Show Early Neolithic Date of Flint-Mining and Stone Quarrying in Britain
New Radiocarbon Dates Show Early Neolithic Date of Flint-Mining and Stone Quarrying in Britain Open
New radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates suggest a simultaneous appearance of two technologically and geographically distinct axe production practices in Neolithic Britain; igneous open-air quarries in Great Langdale, Cumbria, and from flint mines in…
View article: “From Mound to Cave”. Excavating for modeling economic landscapes in the Soran district, Iraqi Kurdistan
“From Mound to Cave”. Excavating for modeling economic landscapes in the Soran district, Iraqi Kurdistan Open
The Delzian Plain is a fertile widening in the northwest of the Zagros Mountains. The project “From Mound to Cave – The Delzian Plain as an economic landscape” explores the evolution of the landscape from the Last Glacial throughout the en…