Secret societies in tribal societies turn out to be key to understanding the origins of social inequalities and state religions.

The 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 f

In this book, Brian Hayden provides the first comprehensive, theoretical work on the history of feasting in societies ranging from the prehistoric to the modern

This book starts from the premise that methodology has always dominated archaeology to the detriment of broader social theory.

In this book, Lynne Kelly explores the role of formal knowledge systems in small-scale oral cultures in both historic and archaeological contexts. In the first