1 Chiefdoms vary greatly in size, but the range is generally between about 5000 and 20,000 persons.

2 Chiefdom is an extremely important concept in the study of the origin of civilization and early state. It refers to transitional period or social type between segmental tribes and centralized states.

3 The prehistoric society in China entered the chiefdom stage during the Huangdi period and became to form a chiefdom alliance.

4 All have similarities in settlement pattern and in social organization, with unilineal descent systems and chiefdom organization.

5 Foremost among these is the development of state societies displaying more clearly differentiated institutions of government than do chiefdoms.

6 To modern people's eyes Throughout the history of human development, human development from the clan tribe, tribal alliance, Chiefdom, country, is constantly integrating their development.

7 This book devoted its central chapters to the different kinds of political tribeschiefdoms, chiefdom s, and states.