Territorial and nonterritorial routes to power: Reconciling evolutionary ecological, social agency, and historicist approaches

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-86

  Chabot Hanowell, Benjamin ^a   Smith, Eric Alden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84886772041     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12004     Document Type: Article

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