Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-265) and index.

My analytical frame -- Social structure as an analytical frame -- Complexity theory -- Structure and scope of this book -- Readings -- The ancient greek landscape -- People, land, environment -- The topography -- The seas -- Climate -- Subsistence -- Subsistence and environment -- Demographics -- Readings -- The neolithic in greece -- Tell sites -- Were communities hierarchical? -- Measures of social complexity -- Readings -- Developments ca. 3200-2200 BCE -- Developments on the mainland -- Measures of social complexity -- The Cyclades -- Measures of social complexity Crete -- Measures of social complexity -- Readings -- The beginning of change and the evolution of a Koine Crete -- Evolution on the community level -- The complexity theory frame -- Evolution on a different scale: the palace polities and peak sanctuaries -- The complexity theory window into the palaces -- The west court -- Large storage rooms -- Central courtyards -- Reception rooms -- Banquet halls -- Residential areas -- Various cult activities -- Other results of feasting: houses, "villas" and a return to the community level scale -- Polity size and territorial control -- Measures of social complexity -- The Cyclades -- Measures of social complexity -- The mainland -- Measures of social complexity -- Later developments and the creation of an Aegean Koine.