The beginnings of rulership
This is more in the way of notes to myself, a list that appears to be useful from this comment.
Earle, Timothy (2002) Bronze Age Economics: The Beginnings of Political Economies, Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
Feinman, Gary M. and Joyce Marcus (editors) (1998) Archaic States, School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, NM.
Hansen, Mogens Herman (editor) (2000) A Comparative Study of Thirty City-State Cultures, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen.
Johnson, Allen W. and Timothy K. Earle (2000) The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Group to Agrarian State, 2nd ed. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
Smith, Adam T. (2003) The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities, University of California Press, Berkeley.
Smith, Michael E. (2004) “The Archaeology of Ancient State Economies”, Annual Review of Anthropology 33:73-102.
Trigger, Bruce G. (2003) Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study, Cambridge University Press, New York.
Earle, Timothy (2002) Bronze Age Economics: The Beginnings of Political Economies, Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
Feinman, Gary M. and Joyce Marcus (editors) (1998) Archaic States, School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, NM.
Hansen, Mogens Herman (editor) (2000) A Comparative Study of Thirty City-State Cultures, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen.
Johnson, Allen W. and Timothy K. Earle (2000) The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Group to Agrarian State, 2nd ed. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
Smith, Adam T. (2003) The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities, University of California Press, Berkeley.
Smith, Michael E. (2004) “The Archaeology of Ancient State Economies”, Annual Review of Anthropology 33:73-102.
Trigger, Bruce G. (2003) Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study, Cambridge University Press, New York.