Chiefs, chieftaincies, chiefdoms, and chiefly confederacies: Power in the evolution of political systems

Social Evolution and History

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Earle, Timothy ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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