Gary M FeinmanGary M. Feinman is the MacArthur Curator of Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA. His research interests include the archaeology of urban societies, preindustrial economics, comparative governance, social networks, an inequality. He has co-directed archaeological field projects for decades in both Oaxaca, Mexico and Shandong, China. His publications include: Images of the Past, 9th edition (2023), (authored with T. Douglas Price), Archaeological Perspectives on Political Economies (2004), (edited with Linda M. Nicholas), Ancient Oaxaca, 2nd edition (2022), (authored with Richard E. Blanton, Stephen A. Kowalewski, and Linda M. Nicholas), and Archaic States (1998), (edited with Joyce Marcus). Danielle J. Riebe is an instructor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Georgia and a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History. While her primary archaeological research focuses on prehistoric Eastern and Southeastern Europe, her methodological expertise in compositional techniques and theoretical interests have enabled her to expand her studies to the North American Great Lakes, the North American Southwest, and South America. Read More Read Less