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heterarchy: a standalone construct

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Archaeology

a relation among elements that are unranked, or ranked in several different ways, used to describe power not organized as one hierarchy.

In archaeology, heterarchy refers to a relation among elements that are unranked, or ranked in several different ways, used to describe power not organized as one hierarchy. This meaning comes from Crumley (1995) in Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association.[1]

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References

Crumley, C. L. (1995). Heterarchy and the Analysis of Complex Societies. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, 6(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1525/ap3a.1995.6.1.1

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