In Ancient Egypt, the coexistence of kinship and State logics of social organization can be seen not only in the context of social practices but also in the divine world, were gods usually appear exerting kinship and ...

White cross-lined pottery was among the most important prestige wares elaborated in Naqada I times in the Nile Valley. We should explain the importance of this item not only as an element of the funerary equipment but also ...

Warfare has been recognized as an almost universal element in non-State societies all over the world and throughout the ages. Such a feature can be explained in terms of an inherent political structure: the self-identification ...