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chiefdom: a standalone construct

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chiefdom1 CONSTRUCTChiefdomEARLE · ARCHAEOLOGY

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Archaeology

a regional polity with hereditary ranked leadership above the village but below the state.

In archaeology, chiefdom refers to a regional polity with hereditary ranked leadership above the village but below the state. This meaning comes from Earle (1987) in Annual Review of Anthropology.[1]

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References

  1. Earle, T. K. (1987). Chiefdoms in Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspective. Annual Review of Anthropology, 16(1), 279-308. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.an.16.100187.001431

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