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Early Metalworking: A Heterarchical Analysis of Industrial Organization
Author(s) -
Ehrenreich Robert M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
archeological papers of the american anthropological association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.783
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1551-8248
pISSN - 1551-823X
DOI - 10.1525/ap3a.1995.6.1.33
Subject(s) - prehistory , metalworking , bronze age , hierarchical organization , economic geography , perspective (graphical) , history , sociology , archaeology , geography , political science , art , visual arts , law
The study of prehistoric industries is examined from the perspective of heterarchy. The main metalworking traditions of Bronze Age and Iron Age Wessex In southern England are discussed. Bronzeworking during the earlier period seems to be organized in a hierarchical fashion. The concept of heterarchy illuminates the complex organization of ironworking in the Iron Age, however, an industry that was deliberately non‐hierarchical.