Hierarchy in the Early Helladic Peloponnese
The Early Helladic period in the Peloponnese (c. 3100 -2000 BC) is traditionally viewed as a phase of incipient hierarchical social organisation. This interpretation rests with a series of socio-economic developments perceived to represent an increased socio-economic complexity over that visible during the Late and Final Neolithic, including the appearance of organised, highly-socialised burial practices, a monumental architectural tradition, a non-uniform shift in Peloponnesian settlement patterns, the advent of sealing practices, an expansion of overland and maritime trade relationships and an increased visibility for metallurgical practice and Other specialist technologies. The second phase of the period, Early Helladic (E!~!) Il, and particularly so its later stages, is seen to represent a socio-cultural apex for the Early Helladic period and that for which the existence of elite groups on the Early Bronze Age Greek mainland -: has been most fervently proposed. There is a persistent belief that these dynamic multi-scale changes represent correlative developments articulated within a coherent and contemporary 'system' of social behaviours, within which social hierarchy was present from the start or out
Smith, David Michael
Hierarchy in the Early Helladic Peloponnese. The Early Helladic period in the Peloponnese (c. 3100 -2000 BC) is traditionally viewed as a phase of incipient hierarchical social organisation. This interpretation rests with a series of socio-economic developments perceived to represent an increased socio-economic complexity over that visible during the Late and Final Neolithic, including the appearance of organised, highly-socialised burial practices, a monumental architectural tradition, a non-uniform shift in Peloponnesian settlement patterns, the advent of sealing practices, an expansion of overland and maritime trade relationships and an increased visibility for metallurgical practice and Other specialist technologies. The second phase of the period, Early Helladic (E!~!) Il, and particularly so its later stages, is seen to represent a socio-cultural apex for the Early Helladic period and that for which the existence of elite groups on the Early Bronze Age Greek mainland -: has been most fervently proposed. There is a persistent belief that these dynamic multi-scale changes represent correlative developments articulated within a coherent and contemporary 'system' of social behaviours, within which social hierarchy was present from the start or out
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