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How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i Patrick Vinton Kirch
How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i
Patrick Vinton Kirch
Addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. In this title, the author takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom.
288 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 22 line illustrations, 9 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 2, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520267251 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 234 × 21 mm · 528 g |
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