State and Society
Subtitle: The Emergence and Development of Social Hierarchy and Political Centralization (One World Archaeology, Vol 4)
Contributors: Mogens Trolle Larsen (Editor)
Publisher: Unwin Hyman
Published: December 1988
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780044450238
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).