“This book stands as a fine example of how southeastern archaeologists are making increasingly important contributions to our understanding of the past and particularly how social hierarchies evolved. The author himself deserves our thanks for bringing to light important primary information.”
—American Antiquity
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“Readers will welcome Ancient Chiefdoms as a careful rethinking of the political, economic, and religious roles of leaders in small-scale Mississippian societies. The carefully controlled data from the Lubbub Creek site are a particularly valuable source of insights.”
—Vernon James Knight Jr., The University of Alabama
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