Timothy Earle is Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University. He is the author (with Allen W. Johnson) of The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Group to Agrarian State (Stanford, 1987), and the editor of Chiefdoms: Power, Economy, and Ideology.
By studying chiefdoms Timothy Earle addresses fundamental questions concerning the nature of political power and the evolution of sociopolitical complexity.
In-depth, comparative study of household economy and settlement in three Bronze Age micro-regions: the Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Northern Europe.
In-depth, comparative study of household economy and settlement in three Bronze Age micro-regions: the Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Northern Europe.