A mathematical model of primary state formation

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-20

  Spencer, Charles S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiefdom; Cultural evolution; Political economy; State; State formation

Indexed keywords

CHIEFDOM; CULTURAL THEORY; METHODOLOGY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE BUILDING;

EID: 0031745830     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/092137409801000101     Document Type: Article

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