CONTENTS List of contributors vii Foreword P.J. Ucko ix Preface xix Introduction Daniel Miller, Michael Rowlands and Christopher Tilley 1 Approaches to the study of domination and resistance 3 Structure of the book 17 Domination and resistance 18 Political economy and ideology: historical transformations 18 European expansion, colonialism and resistance 22 References 24 DOMINATION AND RESISTANCE 1A question of complexityMichael Rowlands 29 The cosmological origins of complexity 31 Complexity as historical narrative 32 Complexity as a master discourse 35 Simple and complex in creative contradiction 36 Conclusion 38 Acknowledgement 39 References 39 2 Discourse and power: the genre of the Cambridge inaugural lecture Christopher Tilley 41 Discourse 41 The Cambridge inaugural lecture 46 Acknowledgements 62 References 62 3The limits of dominance Daniel Miller 63 Introduction 63 Theories of dominance 64 Dominance and inversion 66 The multifactorial nature of dominance 68 Dominance and legitimacy 71 How pervasive is hegemony? 73 Conclusion: archaeology and limits of dominance 75 References 77 POLITICAL ECONOMY AND IDEOLOGY: HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATIONS 4The roots of inequality Barbara Bender 83 Farming as a precondition 83 'Natural' divisions in gatherer-hunter societies 84 An example from the Upper Palaeolithic of south-west France 87 Conclusions 92 Notes 93 References 93 5Towards a theory of social evolution: on state systems and ideological shells J. A. Hall 96 Introduction 96 'Bureaucracy [in pre-industrial conditions] kills capitalism' 97 Trahison des clercs 100 The organic state in the state system 102 Reflections 106 References 107 6 The imperial form and universal history: some reflections on relativism and generalization John Gledhill 108 State forms and the divergence of occidental history 108 Culture and ideology in the evolution of the New World empires 110 'Political economies' and class formation 117 Conclusions: imperial states in universal history 122 References 124 7 Factional competition in complex society Elizabeth M. Brumfiel 127 Factionalism in complex society 128 Identifying factionalism in the archaeological record 132 References 137 8 Sensuous human activity and the state: towards an archaeology of bread and circuses Susan Kus 140 Notes 153 References 153 9 Anuradhapura: ritual, power and resistance in a precolonial South Asian city R. A. L. H. Gunawardana 155 References 176 10 Monastery plan and social formation: the spatial organization of the Buddhist monastery complexes of the Early and Middle Historical period in Sri Lanka and changing patterns of political power Senake Bandaranayake 179 Notes 192 References 193 11 A Buddhist monastic complex of the medieval period in Sri Lanka P. L. Prematilleke 196 References 210 12 Value, ranking and consumption in the European Bronze Age Kristian Kristiansen 211 The social aspects of consumption 211 The ideological context of value and ranking 212 Conclusion 213 Reference 214 13 Marxist perspectives on social organization in the central European Early Bronze Age Simon Mays 215 Introduction 215 Materials and methods 217 Results 219 Discussion 220 Summary 223 References 224 EUROPEAN EXPANSION, COLONIALISM AND RESISTANCE 14 Orientalism and Near Eastern archaeology Mogens Trolle Larsen 229 Notes 237 References 238 15 The material culture of the modern era in the ancient Orient: suggestions for future work Philip L. Kohl 240 References 245 16 Culture, identity and world process Jonathan Friedman 246 Crisis and the structure of civilized identity 249 Fragmentation of the world system and the formation of cultural identity 254 Culture, in and out of the system 256 Culture and the global system 257 References 258 17 The archaeology of colonialism and constituting the African peasantry Michael Rowlands 261 Introduction 261 The concept of Africa 262 Colonial representations 264 The archaeology of precolonial 19th-century Bamenda 267 Chiefdoms, states and the regional system 276 Conclusion 281 Acknowledgements 282 References 282 18 Resistance to Western domination: the case of Andean cultures Pedro Portugal 284 19 The development of an urban working-class culture on the Rhodesian Copperbelt Owen B. Sichone 290 Introduction 290 Tribesmen, townsmen and peasants 291 The process of urbanization 293 The making of the urban culture 294 Conclusion 297 References 297 20 Class formation in precolonial Nigeria: the case of Eastern and Western Nigeria and the Middle Belt Gloria Thomas-Emeagwali 299 Theoretical considerations on the question of class formation 299 Surplus production 300 Manifestations of the natural and technical divisions of labour 302 The appropriation of surplus 303 Other levels of socio-economic organization 305 Slavery 306 Aspects of accumulation 310 Conclusion 311 Notes 311 References 313 21 Violence and consent in a peasant society B. K. Jahangir 316 Introduction 316 Class situation 316 Imposition of military society 319 Militarism: national and international class structures 320 National security: hegemony crisis 321 Class project and political project 322 Conclusion 323 References 324 Index 325