The collapse and regeneration of complex society in Greece, 1500-500 BC
Greece between 1500 and 500 BC is one of the best known examples of the phenomenon of the regeneration of complex society after a collapse. I review 10 core dimensions of this process (urbanism, tax and rent, monuments, elite power, information- recording systems, trade, crafts, military power, scale, and standards of living), and suggest that punctuated equilibrium models accommodate the data better than gradualist interpretations.
Epigraphy and demography: birth, marriage, family, and death
Epigraphy and demography: birth, marriage, family, and death Scheidel, Walter Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, June 2007 Abstract In recent years, the adoption…
Monogamy and polygyny in Greece, Rome, and world history
Monogamy and polygyny in Greece, Rome, and world history Scheidel, Walter Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, June 2008 Abstract:
Monogamy and polygyny
This paper discusses Greco-Roman practices of monogamy and polygyny for a forthcoming handbook on the ancient family.
Methods of Food Preparation in Mesopotamia (c. 3000-600 BC)
Methods of Food Preparation in Mesopotamia (c. 3000-600 BC) By