According to Anthropologist Robert Carneiro, the Objective of Many Chiefs

question 23

Multiple Choice

According to anthropologist Robert Carneiro, the objective of many chiefs was to:

• A) increase the extent of their territory in order to control the surplus production of surrounding communities
• B) maintain the peace with their neighbors in order to avoid armed conflict
• C) become full-time religious leaders and use impressive rites and rituals to prove they were gods
• D) disencumber themselves of material possessions and incur debts of personal obligations from their followers through potlatch-like ceremonies

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