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Social Networks and Inequality

Published:2023-11-20 Issue: Volume: Page:545-560
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Container-title:The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Network Research
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Author:

Pailes Matthew¹

Affiliation:

1. Anthropology, University of Oklahoma

Abstract

Abstract This chapter explores the limited engagement of social networks analysis (SNA) with ancient inequality. Researchers have developed a set of first principles for understanding the relationship between SNA and inequality but have only haltingly integrated these concepts into archaeological case studies. I advocate for applications of SNA to the ample body of theory that already exists on elite emergence and maintenance. To illustrate future potential, I provide heuristic hypotheses for the relationship between network properties and prime-movers that facilitate elite emergence, the inevitability of inequality in complex societies, and the relationship of inequality and societal resilience. Methodologically, I suggest greater emphasis on household scale studies and approaches to SNA construction that move beyond networks inferred from spatial propinquity.

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Oxford University Press

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