Kottak - The First Cities and States

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Sites in Middle Eastern state formation.	Major sites in the emergence of food production and the state in Mesoamerica.	Jericho Tower, West Bank, early neolithic site
Carneiro's multivariate approach to the origin of the state as applied to coastal Peru.	Funeral chamber with gold jewelry, artifacts, pottery, Moche site - Sipan, Peru	Pictographic writing –Sumerian tablet w/ list of proper names w/ hand symbolizing landowner/proprietor, end 4th mill. BCE
Cuneiform writing	View of Teotihuacan from the Pyramid of the Moon.	Game of patolli, Aztec from Codex Magliabecchiano