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Christopher T Morehart

May 29, 2015

Christopher T. Morehart

Christopher T. Morehart is an associate professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. His research centers on political and historical ecology and ethnobotany.

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Surplus

The Politics of Production and the Strategies of Everyday Life

Surplus Matters: An Archaeologist's View

Archaeologists love the surplus concept. It fuels the contours of long-term historical perspectives on social change and transformation. It lies at the root of human social relations and cultural perceptions of the world. Society must produce more than the biological minimum, otherwise society ceases to exist.

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