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Stratigraphy : establishing a sequence from excavated archaeological evidence -- Seriation : ordering archaeological evidence by stylistic differences -- Constructing a regional chronology -- Modes of production, divisions of labor, and social reproduction -- Time and place as operating conditions in production -- The construction and transformation of regional landscapes -- Social divisions of labor, class structures, and state formation -- State formation : conquest abroad, repression at home -- Frontier societies : state formation and uneven development -- State formation and the reorganization of social production and reproduction -- The social construction of gender, ethnicity, and race -- Class struggle and resistance.