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OverviewAnthropological archaeology is well suited to pursue the study of chiefs, their leadership institutions (chiefdoms), and long-term historical processes. In this book Timothy Earle argues that studying chiefdoms is essential to understanding the role of elemental powers in social evolution. He studies chiefs and their power strategies, using as illustrations historically independent prehistoric and traditional societies; he discusses how chiefs continue to exist as powerful actors within modern states. 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 labour for community projects, and redistributing goods among those in need. Chiefs do these things, but much of what they do is to accumulate benefits for themselves, staying in power and legitimizing control. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy EarlePublisher: Eliot Werner Publications Inc Imprint: Eliot Werner Publications Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9781734281835ISBN 10: 1734281839 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 01 July 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsEarle expertly summarizes a career's worth of knowledge on the political and economic underpinnings of early complex societies. . . . as a primer on current social evolutionary thinking it is a highly accessible volume for interested scholars working in California, North America, and beyond. --Mikael Fauvelle, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology | Vol. 41, No. 2 (2021) A synthetic tour de force for general readers. Earle navigates theoretically complex waters and makes good sense of the complex ethnographic and archaeological record that we call chiefdoms. The book is a unique blend of archaeology and political science-well crafted, reader-friendly, and inspiring. Brian Hayden, University of British Columbia Earle distills everything he has learned about chiefs and chiefdoms in human history. Students of anthropology and archaeology-and just anyone wishing to understand political relations-can learn about how power and rulers emerged and were controlled. His argument is relevant today and will be into the future. Highly recommended. Kristian Kristiansen, University of Gothenburg Earle has spent a career studying chiefdoms-the dominant form of human organization in the Holocene-and masterfully brings together his lifetime of work on the political, economic, and ideological relationships in these precursors to modern states. This book is a foremost example of understanding power in traditional and modern societies. Charles S. Stanish, University of South Florida Author InformationTimothy Earle is Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University. He has conducted major archaeological field projects in Hawaii, Peru, Argentina, Denmark and Hungary; he believes that anthropological archaeology is a potent tool for investigating history in ways directly relevant to the modern world. His books on political economy include How Chiefs Come to Power and Bronze Age Economics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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