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. Earl

These eleven case studies of different chiefdoms examine how ruling elites retain and legitimize their power.

Offers a new framework for understanding the transformation of the Native American South during the first centuries of the colonial era.

Lamar Archaeology provides a comprehensive and detailed review of our knowledge of the late prehistoric Indian societies in the Southern Appalachian area and it