Contents
Operational Definition of the State
Decision Hierarchies and General Societal Complexity
Theories of the Origin of the State
Central Place Theory, Functional Hierarchies, and State Settlement Patterns
Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Environment of the Susiana Plain
Survey Method
Method of Metrical Analysis of Ceramics
Uruk Relative and Absolute Chronology
Areal Size and Population Estimates for Terminal Susa A and Uruk Settlements
Settlement Pattern Maps
Terminal Susa A
Early Uruk
Middle Uruk
Late Uruk
IV. Summary and Conclusions
I. Type Counts: 1970-71 Survey
II. Grid Coordinates for Determination of Site-to-Site Distances
III. Ceramic Measurements
Bibliography
Plates I-XX