Archaeologist Timothy Earle Has Challenged the Hypothesis by Elman Service

question 52

Multiple Choice

Archaeologist Timothy Earle has challenged the hypothesis by Elman Service that chiefdoms arose through regional symbiosis. Earle suggests that the key factor in the evolution of chiefdoms was the:

• A) exchange of limited, high prestige goods among local descent groups
• B) development of a lineage organization that controlled access to the land
• C) degree of political and economic control that was held over productive resources and labor
• D) domestication of animals
• E) rise of religious elite that eventually took control of the economy of a region

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