▁and ▁war . ▁ ▁Chapter ▁ 6 . ▁F rag ility ▁of ▁the ▁Early ▁State : ▁Col lapse ▁as ▁Dis assembly ▁▁ ▁Scott ▁sees ▁early ▁states ▁as ▁li able ▁to ▁und erm ine ▁the ▁conditions ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁existence . ▁Some ▁self - inf lic ted ▁causes ▁for ▁this ▁vulner ability ▁were ▁" cl imate ▁change , ▁resource ▁de ple tion , ▁disease , ▁war fare , ▁and ▁migration ▁to ▁areas ▁of ▁greater ▁abund ance ." ▁For ▁instance , ▁areas ▁up stream ▁would ▁be ▁logged ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁logs ▁could ▁be ▁flo ated ▁down ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁center , ▁but ▁this ▁could ▁lead ▁to ▁flo oding ▁in ▁the ▁spring . ▁The ▁very ▁first ▁state - build ers ▁knew ▁no ▁prior ▁examples ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁war ned ▁against ▁such ▁problems . ▁Reg ard less ▁of ▁the ▁causes , ▁Scott ' s ▁view ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁arch ae ological ▁evidence ▁suggests ▁that ▁early ▁human ▁communities ▁were ▁constantly ▁col laps ing , ▁dispers ing , ▁coming ▁back ▁together ▁and ▁col laps ing ▁again . ▁Scott ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁state ▁collapse ▁has ▁been ▁viewed ▁as ▁bad ▁by ▁academ ics ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁cultural ▁complexity , ▁but ▁in ▁fact ▁he ▁thinks ▁it ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁good ▁for ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁people ▁involved . ▁Building ▁on ▁his ▁critique ▁of ▁the ▁State ▁from ▁earlier ▁chap ters , ▁Scott ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁living ▁in ▁early ▁states ▁meant ▁you ▁were ▁subject ed ▁to ▁large ▁scale ▁war fare , ▁and ▁sla very , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁historical ▁periods ▁following ▁state