Archaeology of the Origin of the State: the Theories, by Lull & Mic'o (translated by Smith), 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press; ISBN 978-0-19-955784 hardback \\pounds68 & US$125; xvi + 290 pp.
Myths of the Archaic State: Evolution of the Earliest Cities, States, and Civilizations , by Norman Yoffee. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-521-81837-0 hardback \\pounds45 & US$75; ISBN 0-521-52156-4 paperback \\pounds19.99 & US$34.99, 291 pp.