Thematic issue: THE ORIGIN OF INEQUALITY Edited by Andrea Cardarelli, Alberto Cazzella and Marcella Frangipane Indice / Contents NOTE INTRODUTTIVE / FOREWORD Andrea Cardarelli, Alberto Cazzella, Marcella Frangipane INCREASING INEQUALITIES – FROM THE EDEN TO THE PRESENT Mario Liverani A NEW WORLD OF WORK: ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES IN 4TH MILLENNIUM BC MESOPOTAMIA Augusta McMahon MATERIAL AND SOCIAL WORLDS IN NEOLITHIC AND EARLY CHALCOLITHIC FARS, IRAN Susan Pollock THE APPEARANCE OF SOCIAL INEQUALITIES: CASES OF NEOLITHIC AND CHALCOLITHIC SOCIETIES Johannes Müller, Vesa P. J. Arponen, Robert Hofmann, René Ohlrau CHIEFDOM SOCIETIES IN PREHISTORIC MALTA? Alberto Cazzella, Giulia Recchia THE EMERGENCE OF ELITE IDENTITIES IN BRONZE AGE EUROPE Anthony Harding FROM WANAX TO BASILEUS: ASPECTS OF MILITARY AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE LATE MICENEAN SOCIETY Marco Bettelli DIFFERENT FORMS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN THE BRONZE AGE OF ITALY Andrea Cardarelli WEALTH INEQUALITY AND THE PRISTINE HAWAIIAN STATE: A POLITICAL ECONOMY APPROACH Timothy Earle THE ORIGINS OF INEQUALITY IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL NARRATIVES: THE CASE OF MESOAMERICA IN THE FORMATIVE PERIOD Richard Lesure