Archaeology and World-Systems Theory

Abstract

Demonstrates how the application of a world-systems perspective in anthropological research can offer sociologists new insights into non-Western & noncapitalist societies. Archaeologists have begun such work via redefinitions of (1) the nature of geographic differentiation within world systems & (2) the nature of economic interdependence among differentiated regions. Research in each of these areas is summarized. 42 References. K. Hyatt Stewart