The farming-inequality nexus: new insights from ancient Western Eurasia

This article advances the hypothesis that the transformation of farming from a labour-limited form to a land-limited form facilitated the emergence of substantial and sustained wealth inequalities in many ancient agricultural societies. Using bioarchaeological and other relevant evidence for the nat...

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Main Authors: Bogaard, A. (Author), Bowles, S. (Author), Fochesato, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
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