The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity AUTH-3920293 Published: 08/17/2000

Published: 08/17/2000

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As with most of her books - this book is a generous 8 1/2 x 11 in size with several color photos

The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity AUTH-3920293 Published: 08/17/2000The Power of Ritual in Prehistory is the first book in nearly a century to deal with traditional secret societies from a comparative perspective and the first from an archaeological viewpoint. Providing a clear definition, as well as the material signatures, of ethnographic secret societies, Brian Hayden demonstrates how they worked, what motivated their organizers, and what tactics they used to obtain what they wanted. He shows that far from working