How Chiefs Came to Power: Prehistoric Political Economy
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Where did the original power of human society come from? Is it social relations, economics, military or ideology? Which of them played the most fundamental role? How were early regional organizations established and dominated by potential elites? Based on prehistoric archaeological materials from Denmark, Hawaii, and the Andes, the author of whom he has been working for a long time, Timothy Earle, discusses in detail how chiefs obtained power during the origin of early social power, and the possible impact of these different sources of power on corresponding social evolution strategies. This book is a powerful synthesis of theories and cases, providing an important reference for readers to understand the formation and maintenance mechanisms of power, the origin of states and other issues.
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