Early state dynamics as political experiment

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-319

  Wright, Henry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Mesoamerica; Mesopotamia; State formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751207731     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0062.301     Document Type: Review

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