ABSTRACT
In the fourth chapter, the conceptual model of multi-scalar complexity trajectories developed in the previous chapter is applied to an extensive case study, focusing on southwest Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) from Chalcolithic to Hellenistic times. This broad chronological window is used to illustrate the wide scope, theoretical richness and explanatory power of the conceptual multi-dimensional model of complexity trajectories presented here. To contextualise the bottom-up approach of this model, I will situate this case study against two recent studies of social complexity focusing on a global scale.
