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The major topic addressed here is how the environment of a given region affects the complexity of human organization in that region. This chapter outlines a basis for evaluating, first, important characteristics of the resources available in a region and, second, the degree of human social complexity there. Given this outline, it then discusses a general relationship between resources and complexity, with a specific emphasis on the Great Plains.
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Bamforth, D.B. (1988). Resource Structure and Human Organization. In: Ecology and Human Organization on the Great Plains. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2061-4_2
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