Power Structure Of Bronze Age Societies Was Based On Social Networks
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 22:28
in Biology & Nature
Archaeologists have demonstrated that societies during the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age had a significantly more varied and complex structure than was previously thought. This power structure was based on social networks rather than on permanently established institutions. Society was organized into small and medium-sized chiefdoms that were typically involved in ongoing struggles for dominance between various powerful families.