Research
Archaeologists shed new light on wealth and status among Europe's early herders
Phys.org ·
The Brief
- A Science News article reports on how archaeologists study wealth and status among early European herders.
- The research addresses how to measure wealth in prehistoric cultures that left no written records, tax registers or census data.
Why it matters
It shows how researchers can estimate social inequality in prehistoric societies from archaeological evidence alone, which bears on how we understand the emergence of wealth differences.
Who’s affected
- archaeologists and prehistorians
- readers interested in the history of social inequality
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- #prehistory
- #social inequality
- #europe
- #wealth measurement
How unequal were prehistoric societies? And how can archaeologists measure wealth in cultures that left behind no written records, no tax registers and no census data?