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The ultimate aim of the book is to determine how chiefs came to power and the implications that contrasting paths to power had for the evolutionary trajectories of societies it attributes particular importance to the way different power bases were bound together and grounded in the political economy. How chiefs come to power the political economy in prehistory timothy earle stanford ca stanford university press 1997250 pp. John edward terrell how chiefs come to power the political economy in prehistory timothy earle journal of anthropological research 54 no 4 winter 1998 550 552 timothy earle journal of anthropological research 54 no 4 winter 1998 550 552. How chiefs come to power is a more thorough and somewhat more modern look at the chiefdom category examined in earles earlier book the evolution of human societies from foraging group to agrarian stateearles premise changed slightly over the decade between the two. How chiefs came to power the political economy in prehistory by timothy earle starting at 775 how chiefs came to power the political economy in prehistory has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace