Origins of sedentism: possible roles of ideology and shamanism in the transition
ANU Open Research 2019 Ross Durward Wickham 1 citation
Recognising causal links between religious practices and socio-political structures, it is argued that the transition to settled life during the Neolithic was the product of social and political changes brought about by the institutionalisation and manipulation of ideology. These were employed by ambitious, influential individuals using sedentism as a strategy to achieve social control and the...