“Thinking About Social Complexity in Southern Central America” a Discussion with Dr. Scott Palumbo
Second Year Speaker Series
October 30, 2019
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Anthropology Department in welcoming Dr. Scott Palumbo to UIC for a talk about the social complexity in southern Central America. Dr. Palumbo's presentation outlines the mechanisms by which political complexity developed in portions of southern Central America. Using examples drawn from mortuary, regional and household investigations in Panama and Costa Rica, his presentation outlines some of the ways that people were able to work within particular social contexts to affect long-term change. It is argued that many of the features we associate with complexity developed in unexpected ways and that southern Central America offers several interesting possibilities for further investigation.
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Oct 30, 2019
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Oct 30, 2019