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Book Title: How Chiefs Became Kings : Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Topic: Archaeology, Ancient / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, American Government / State
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Author: Patrick Vinton Kirch
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
