Various [Org. by Tim Champion, Michael Rowlands] — Comparative Studies in the Development of Complex Societies

Southampton, Allen and Unwin, 1986. Paperback. The scarce three volume set of fascinating comparative studies on pre-modern societies across the globe, in a defining conference for the organisation. The scarce three volume complete set of Comparative Studies in the Development of Complex Societies, the World Archaeological Congress between 1st-7th September 1986, organised by Tim Champion and Michael Rowlands, with various contributing researchers.In the publisher's original paper wraps, with in-text illustrations and diagrams. Held at Southampton, the September 1986 conference was very significant for the Congress. Debates over academic freedom and city rulings over Apartheid led to their split with the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, and helped define it as a non-profit organisation dedicated to opening archeological research to all across the globe.Volume I: Including papers on Roots of Inequality, Feudal Archaeology and Iron Age Greece.Volume II: Including papers on Pre-Incan Peru, Early Germanic Society and Mediterranean Trade.Volume III: Including papers on the Etruscans, Mesoamericans and the Iroquois. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, very smart, with minimal edgewear, and the odd of small print mark to extremities. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Unknown. Near Fine .