chiefdom , also: chiefship

The population was probably small, with no chiefdom over 5,000 people.

"What would either of us do with the chiefdom anyway?"

Scholars hope to find more evidence about the political nature of the chiefdom.

In each chiefdom, a particular female line provides the chief.

They speak on behalf of the chief and all in his or her chiefdom.

Many of the colonized countries did not have a state, only chiefdoms.

As of 2004 the chiefdom has a population of 26,126.

Large chiefdoms began to dominate considerable areas of the island.

There were no traditional firmly established chiefdoms or political systems.

This made the name of his chiefdom to be popular to the coast and to the Europeans.

Some studies refer to these new forms of organization as complex chiefdoms.

The area has a number of basic and primary schools dotted around the chiefdom.

In the past, chiefdoms had chiefs who rose to power through war and trading.

Tribe can refer to either an ethnic group or a chiefdom.

The chief had a council that met every morning, when they would discuss the problems of the chiefdom and smoke.

Both chiefdoms extended to the coastal areas on the mainland.

Outside the chiefdom the world could also be dangerous.

This name can be applied to the whole chiefdom.

It was then classified as a major chiefdom center.

They are patrilineal and were in several areas organized into small chiefdoms.

Political organization with hereditary chiefdoms was still functioning around 1700.

The most elaborate ball courts are found at chiefdoms' boundaries.

The chiefdom was upgraded to first class in 2007.

Research emphasis was on chiefdoms and their associated archaeological indicators.

Complex chiefdoms have two or even three tiers of political hierarchy.