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Monroe, James Cameron.

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The dynamics of state formation: The archaeology and ethnohistory of pre-colonial Dahomey (Benin).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The dynamics of state formation: The archaeology and ethnohistory of pre-colonial Dahomey (Benin)./
Author:	Monroe, James Cameron.
Description:	377 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-11, Section: A, page: 4102.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-11A.
Subject:	Anthropology, Archaeology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3112724
ISBN:	0496602350

The dynamics of state formation: The archaeology and ethnohistory of pre-colonial Dahomey (Benin).
Monroe, James Cameron.

The dynamics of state formation: The archaeology and ethnohistory of pre-colonial Dahomey (Benin). - 377 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-11, Section: A, page: 4102.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2003.

West Africa in the Contact Period presents a unique context in which to explore the evolution of centralized states. Historical sources suggest that major transformations occurred in the nature of political organization in the region from the 17th century on. A few complex chiefdoms transformed into centralized states. It is commonly argued that this was the product of growing interaction with European traders and the new economic and military opportunities presented by their presence on the "Slave Coast."

ISBN: 0496602350Subjects--Topical Terms:

622985
Anthropology, Archaeology.

The dynamics of state formation: The archaeology and ethnohistory of pre-colonial Dahomey (Benin).
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520 $a West Africa in the Contact Period presents a unique context in which to explore the evolution of centralized states. Historical sources suggest that major transformations occurred in the nature of political organization in the region from the 17th century on. A few complex chiefdoms transformed into centralized states. It is commonly argued that this was the product of growing interaction with European traders and the new economic and military opportunities presented by their presence on the "Slave Coast."
520 $a This dissertation explores why these new opportunities stimulated change in this region, and why only a few polities emerged as states, whereas many other collapsed. I outline three factors that contributed to this process: (1) The creation of new opportunities for political control, (2) The expansion and elaboration of a state bureaucracy so as to capitalize upon these new opportunities, and (3) A rise in the use of legitimation strategies which emphasized state service and political interdependence, or what I have termed an ideology of bureaucratic order.
520 $a This study draws from ethnohistorical and archaeological evidence from the Kingdom of Dahomey to address this issue. Historical evidence suggests that growing intensity of trade in slaves and agricultural goods had significant impact on political organization in the region. This included the expansion and elaboration of a state bureaucracy so as to capitalize upon these new opportunities, and a rise in the use of legitimation strategies which emphasized state service and political interdependence.
520 $a As independent measures of these three variables, ethnohistorical and archaeological data are explored. First, ethnohistorical sources are drawn upon to reconstruct a settlement system that appears to have been affected by growing intensity of the Atlantic trade. Second, the distribution of royal palaces across the Abomey plateau suggests an expansion of political control in the 19th Century. Third, the internal layout of a sample of royal palaces suggests increased bureaucratic organization as well as a changing ideology of political order in this period as well. Both the archaeological and historical evidence from Dahomey, therefore, support the model presented for the evolution of bureaucratic states.
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