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Ref Type: Journal Article
Authors: Hall, Thomas D.
Chase-Dunn, Christopher
Title: The world-systems perspective and archaeology: forward into the past
Date: 1993
Source: Journal of Archaeological Research
Abstract: This article reviews previous attempts to extend world-system theory from the modern era to prehistoric and archaeological settings. It summarizes major debates among scholars from several disciplines who are comparing the modern world-system with earlier world-systems. Special attention centers on the problems of conceptualizing world-systems, the spatial bounding of world-systems, and understandings of systemic logics.
Date Created: 7/2/2008
Volume: 1
Number: 2
Page Start: 121
Page End: 143