@article {,
	title = {The Cultural Evolution of Civilizations},
	journal = {Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics},
	volume = {3},
	year = {1972},
	note = {MJ says this article had a huge impact when it appeared.A review of the classical evolutionary scheme [as presented in Johnson and Earle (1987)]. A.the search for prime movers-irrigation-warfare-population growth + social circumscription-trade and symbiosis-other prime movers: cooperation and competition, integrative power.-Finally Multivariant causality {\textendash} which Flannery then pursues.B.An explanation of the rise of the state based on these distinct factors:-Processes: segregation and centralization-mechanisms: promotion and linearization, also Rappaport: usurpation and meddling, also hypocoherence.-Social-environmental stresses that select for certain mechanisms.C.Flannery presents two examples of these processes in action1.Marcial L{\'o}pez taking advantage of the mayordomo system to grab all the lands in his region. Example of evolution, promotion, and also perversion of a ritual regulatory mechanism.2.Valley of Oaxaca illustrates mechanism of linearization when national hydro company takes water management role from locals.},
	pages = {399},
	keywords = {processualism 201a organization},
	author = {Flannery, Kent V.}
}