Chiefdoms and Chieftaincy in the Americas Contributor(s): Redmond, Elsa M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813016207 ISBN-13: 9780813016207 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: These compelling essays break new ground in the study of chiefdoms and their origins. The book's focus on leadership 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | Native American |
Dewey: 970.01 |
LCCN: 98008522 |
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.23" W x 9.24" (1.42 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "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. 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 Cuicatl n Ca ada, Oaxaca. |