How Chiefs Come To Power
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How Chiefs Come To Power
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Author : Timothy K. Earle
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1997
How Chiefs Come To Power written by Timothy K. Earle and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Social Science categories.
This book is basically about power-how people came to acquire it and the implications that contrasting paths to power had for the development of societies. Earle argues that chiefdoms, being a regional polity with governance over a population of a few thousand to tens of thousands of people, and with some social stratification, possessed the same fundamental dynamics as those of states, and that the origin of states is to be understood in the emergence and development of chiefdoms. His arguments are developed by three case studies-Denmark during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age (2300-1300) BC, the high Andes of Peru from the early chiefdoms through the Inka conquest (AD 500-1534), and Hawai'i from early settlement to its incorporation in the world economy (AD 800-1824). After summarizing the cultural history of the three societies over a thousand years, he considers the sources of chiefly power-the economy, military power and ideology-and how these sources were linked together.
A Primer On Chiefs And Chiefdoms
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Author : Timothy Earle
language : en
Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications
Release Date : 2021-12-31
A Primer On Chiefs And Chiefdoms written by Timothy Earle and has been published by Eliot Werner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-31 with Political Science categories.
Chiefs are political operatives who hold titles of leadership over groups larger than intimate kin-based communities. Although they rule with the consent of their group, they are all about building personal power and respect. Many scholars have viewed chiefs as problem solvers--defending groups against aggressors, resolving disputes, providing support under hardship, organizing labor for community projects, and redistributing goods among those in need. Chiefs do these things, but much of what chiefs do is accumulate benefits for themselves, staying in power and legitimizing control. Anthropological archaeology is well suited to pursue the study of chiefs, their leadership institutions (chiefdoms), and long-term historical processes. The author argues that studying chiefdoms is essential to understanding the role of elemental powers in social evolution. As an illustration, he studies chiefs and their power strategies in historically independent prehistoric and traditional societies and discusses how they continue to exist as powerful actors within modern states.
Chiefdoms And Chieftaincy In The Americas
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Author : Elsa M. Redmond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Chiefdoms And Chieftaincy In The Americas written by Elsa M. Redmond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with History categories.
"Stake[s] out a position that will affect future discussions of the emergence of chiefdoms. . . . promises to greatly increase our understanding of the emergence of inequality and institutionalized leadership positions."--John Scarry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill These compelling essays about Native American chiefs and their rise to power break new ground in the study of chiefdoms and their origins. Archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists bring up to date the information about many complex chiefdoms that flourished throughout the Americas, in which numerous villages and regions were ruled single-handedly by hereditary chiefs. The book's focus on the leadership of chieftains offers a new perspective for examining the development of complex chiefly societies in the Americas. The geographically and chronologically diverse case studies highlight the dynamics of the temporary chieftaincy and the development of permanent, hereditary chiefdoms. Contents Foreword by Neil L. Whitehead Preface by Elsa M. Redmond Introduction: The Dynamics of Chieftaincy and the Development of Chiefdoms, by Elsa M. Redmond 1. What Happened at the Flashpoint? Conjectures on Chiefdom Formation at the Very Moment of Conception, by Robert L. Carneiro 2. Less than Meets the Eye: Evidence for Protohistoric Chiefdoms in Northern New Mexico, by Winifred Creamer and Jonathan Haas 3. In War and Peace: Alternative Paths to Centralized Leadership, by Elsa M. Redmond 4. Investigating the Development of Venezuelan Chiefdoms, by Charles S. Spencer 5. Tupinambá Chiefdoms? by William C. Sturtevant 6. Colonial Chieftains of the Lower Orinoco and Guayana Coast, by Neil L. Whitehead 7. War and Theocracy, by Pita Kelekna 8. The Muisca: Chiefdoms in Transition, by Doris Kurella 9. Social Foundations of Taino Caciques, by William Keegan, Morgan Maclachlan, and Brian Byrne 10. Native Chiefdoms and the Exercise of Complexity in Sixteenth-Century Florida, by Jerald T. Milanich 11. The Evolution of the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom in Virginia, by Helen C. Rountree and E. Randolph Turner III Elsa M. Redmond, research associate in the Department of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, is the author of Tribal and Chiefly Warfare in South America and A Fuego y Sangre: Early Zapotec Imperialism in the Cuicatlán Cañada, Oaxaca.
Chiefdoms
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Author : Robert L. Carneiro
language : en
Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications
Release Date : 2017-12-31
Chiefdoms written by Robert L. Carneiro and has been published by Eliot Werner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-31 with History categories.
What many anthropologists regard as the major step in political development occurred when, for the first time in history, previously autonomous villages gave up their individual sovereignties and were brought together into a multi-village political unit--the chiefdom. Though long neglected as a major stage in history, recent years have seen the chiefdom come in for increased attention. As its importance has been more fully recognized, it has become the object of serious scholarly analysis and interpretation. In this volume specialists in political evolution draw on data from ethnography, archaeology, and history and apply fresh insights to enhance the study of the chiefdom. The papers present penetrating analyses of many aspects of the chiefdom, from how this form of political organization first arose to the role it played in giving rise to the next major stage in the development of human society--the state.
The Oxford Handbook Of The European Bronze Age
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Author : Anthony Harding
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-06-27
The Oxford Handbook Of The European Bronze Age written by Anthony Harding and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-27 with Social Science categories.
The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and technological changes took place. Written by expert specialists in the field, the book provides coverage both of the themes that characterize the period, and of the specific developments that took place in the various countries of Europe. After an introduction and a discussion of chronology, successive chapters deal with settlement studies, burial analysis, hoards and hoarding, monumentality, rock art, cosmology, gender, and trade, as well as a series of articles on specific technologies and crafts (such as transport, metals, glass, salt, textiles, and weighing). The second half of the book covers each country in turn. From Ireland to Russia, Scandinavia to Sicily, every area is considered, and up to date information on important recent finds is discussed in detail. The book is the first to consider the whole of the European Bronze Age in both geographical and thematic terms, and will be the standard book on the subject for the foreseeable future.
The Evolution Of Human Societies
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Author : Allen W. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2000
The Evolution Of Human Societies written by Allen W. Johnson and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Social Science categories.
Combining original theoretical ideas and interpretation with ethnographic evidence, Johnson and Earle seek to describe and account for the development of complex human societies. A wealth of case studies are referred to throughout and these are used to support arguments for the proposed causes, mechanisms and patterns of change and for the factors involved, such as technological change, population growth, warfare, the exchange of goods. This second edition sees a complete re-writing of the theoretical chapters, taking account of recent research, plus a new chapter on changes since the Industrial Revolution and the globalisation of society.
The Oxford Handbook Of Caribbean Archaeology
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Author : William F. Keegan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-21
The Oxford Handbook Of Caribbean Archaeology written by William F. Keegan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-21 with History categories.
This volume brings together examples of the best research to address the complexity of the Caribbean past.
A Primer On Chiefs And Chiefdoms
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Author : Timothy Earle
language : en
Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications
Release Date : 2021-12-31
A Primer On Chiefs And Chiefdoms written by Timothy Earle and has been published by Eliot Werner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-31 with Political Science categories.
Chiefs are political operatives who hold titles of leadership over groups larger than intimate kin-based communities. Although they rule with the consent of their group, they are all about building personal power and respect. Many scholars have viewed chiefs as problem solvers--defending groups against aggressors, resolving disputes, providing support under hardship, organizing labor for community projects, and redistributing goods among those in need. Chiefs do these things, but much of what chiefs do is accumulate benefits for themselves, staying in power and legitimizing control. Anthropological archaeology is well suited to pursue the study of chiefs, their leadership institutions (chiefdoms), and long-term historical processes. The author argues that studying chiefdoms is essential to understanding the role of elemental powers in social evolution. As an illustration, he studies chiefs and their power strategies in historically independent prehistoric and traditional societies and discusses how they continue to exist as powerful actors within modern states.
The Creation Of The Zulu Kingdom 1815 1828
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Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-10-30
The Creation Of The Zulu Kingdom 1815 1828 written by Elizabeth A. Eldredge and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This scholarly account traces the emergence of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa in the early nineteenth century, under the rule of the ambitious and iconic King Shaka. In contrast to recent literary analyses of myths of Shaka, this book uses the richness of Zulu oral traditions and a comprehensive body of written sources to provide a compelling narrative and analysis of the events and people of the era of Shaka's rule. The oral traditions portray Shaka as rewarding courage and loyalty and punishing failure; as ordering the targeted killing of his own subjects, both warriors and civilians, to ensure compliance to his rule; and as arrogant and shrewd, but kind to the poor and mentally disabled. The rich and diverse oral traditions, transmitted from generation to generation, reveal the important roles and fates of men and women, royal and subject, from the perspectives of those who experienced Shaka's rule and the dramatic emergence of the Zulu Kingdom.
Chiefdoms
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Author : Timothy K. Earle
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-04
Chiefdoms written by Timothy K. Earle and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04 with Social Science categories.
These eleven case studies of different chiefdoms examine how ruling elites retain and legitimize their power.