… We are also grateful to the Santa Fe Institute for graciously hosting the workshop that
identified the challenges presented here. This material is based upon work supported by the …

… and responded to reviews and editorial suggestions. Astrid … Here we simply note that in
the decades since the 1973 SAR … pre-industrial or archaic state (Feinman and Marcus 1998), …

… we are very grateful to Joyce Marcus and Charles Redman for … Hristova for her assistance
during the editing of this volume. … Press); Archaic States (with GM Feinman; SAR Press, Sante …

… Joyce; individual chapters, the contributors The right of the editors to be identified as the
authors of the editorial … ), or the ensoulment of buildings (Mock 1998) can clearly be considered …

… , adzes, and other tools as well as ceramic vessels filled with ash or lime (Joyce 1991a). …
storage pottery throughout the valley's ceramic sequence (Joyce 1991a). Cached vessels were …

… , research associates, and native artists at the SAR during our time there: Audra Simpson, …
Santa Fe. These include several associated with a cosmology working group at the Santa Fe …

… Together with Copan (Fash 1991; Fash and Andrews V 1998), Tikal continues to represent
… the invitation of Gary Feinman and together with comments and reviews from Joyce Marcus, …

… Yoffee, 1998. Order, legitimacy and wealth in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, in Archaic
states, eds GM Feinman and J. Marcus, Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research, 199–260…

… The development of archaic states is a hotly debated topic in anthropological archaeology,
… indicators of state formation (eg, Flannery 1998; Johnson 1980:249; Marcus and Flannery …

… In addition, as always, I am deeply grateful for Joyce Marcus’s encouragement. Lastly, I …
for her careful handling of the manuscript through editing and production. Finally, I am indebted …