State and Society
Subtitle: The Emergence and Development of Social Hierarchy and Political Centralization (One World Archaeology)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 20, 1995
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780415122559
First sentence: The Marshall Islands, which at present consist of two island chains and two isolated atolls, have been ruled by 'paramount chiefs' and local island chiefs since the beginning of the colonial era (1885).