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ANTH 164

The Origins of Complex Societies

University of California Santa Barbara · UGRD · Fall 2026

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Why and how complex societies developed from simple, egalitarian societies in some areas of the world. Course surveys major theories and evidence surrounding the origins of states and urban societies in New and Old World.

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