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Population, Exchange, and Early State Formation in Southwestern Iran
Author(s) -
WRIGHT HENRY T.,
JOHNSON GREGORY A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1975.77.2.02a00020
Subject(s) - population , state (computer science) , variable (mathematics) , geography , demography , sociology , computer science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , algorithm
Several widely discussed single‐variable explanations of the origin of the state are tested using data from Southwestern Iran. These data demonstrate that increasing population or increasing inter‐regional trade alone cannot explain the appearance of specialized governments during the fourth millennium B.C. More complex types of explanation are suggested, and methods for testing them are outlined.