Chiefdoms and Chieftaincy in the Americas

Marc Notes: This volume is largely derived from the symposium of the International Congress of Americanists.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: The essays in this work present geographically and chronologically diverse case studies which highlight the dynamics of the temporary chieftancy and the development of permanent, hereditary chiefdoms.

Contributor Bio:  Redmond, Elsa M Redmond-Research associate at the American Museum of Natural HistoryContributor Bio:  Whitehead, Neil L Neil L. Whitehead is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author and editor of numerous books, most recently Beyond the Visible and the Material: The Amerindianization of Society in the Work of Paul Rivi?re (coedited with Laura Rival) and War in the Tribal Zone: Expanding States and Indigenous Warfare (coedited with R. B. Ferguson). He is the editor of the journal Ethnohistory.