Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Tables ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction 3
7. 1 Violence as a Commons Problem 29
8. 2 Monopolizing the Means of Predation 53
9. 3 Arenas of Alterity and the Aesthetics of Religious Violence 74
10. 4 Inequality at Chaco Canyon (900–1150 ce) 109
11. 5 Seeing Socially Sanctioned Violence 131
12. 6 Animals, Violence, and Inequality in Ancient Mesopotamia 162
13. 7 The Violence Inherent in (Creating) the System 193
14. 8 Embodied Inequality 221
15. Conclusion 248
16. Index 269
17. About the Authors 273