Episode
Scott Ortman on Archaeological Synthesis and Settlement Scaling Theory
COMPLEXITY · Nov 11, 2020 · 55 min
The modern world has a way of distancing itself from everything that came before it…and yet the evidence from archaeology supports a different story. While industrial societies tend to praise markets and advanced technologies as the main drivers of the last few centuries of change, a careful study of civilizations as distinct as Ancient Rome, Peru, and Central Mexico reveals an underlying…
