Economic Anthropology
January 19, 2016
Surplus Matters: An Archaeologist's View
Archaeologists love the surplus concept. It fuels the contours of long-term historical perspectives on social change and transformation. It lies at the root of human social relations and cultural perceptions of the world. Society must produce more than the biological minimum, otherwise society ceases to exist.
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