{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"American Journal of Archaeology","provider_url":"https:\/\/ajaonline.org","author_name":"website","author_url":"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/author\/website\/","title":"The Evolution of Human Co-operation: Ritual and Social Complexity in Stateless Societies | July 2019 (123.3) | American Journal of Archaeology","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DI7GM3K4L1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/book-review\/3889\/\">The Evolution of Human Co-operation: Ritual and Social Complexity in Stateless Societies<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/book-review\/3889\/embed\/#?secret=DI7GM3K4L1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Evolution of Human Co-operation: Ritual and Social Complexity in Stateless Societies&#8221; &#8212; American Journal of Archaeology\" data-secret=\"DI7GM3K4L1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"In this volume, Stanish, an Andean archaeologist with an interest in prehistoric political economies, begins by carefully critiquing reductive models of homo economicus. He recognizes that traditional economic theories of extended kin-based systems of altruistic action fail to explain the rise of what he calls complex, stateless societies. He also rejects older explanations that rely [&hellip;]"}