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Chiefdom (ETT_17)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

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Name

chiefdom

Attribute

ETT Form of Rule

Definition

Government of a society that has social ranking, in which political integration (for example, governance of multiple villages or communities) is achieved through an office of centralized leadership, such as a paramount chief.

Description

Paramount chief is a position, typically inherited through kinship, of leadership over a chiefdom encompassing multiple villages or communities that are organized by kinship. A complex chiefdom contains subsidiary chiefdoms, with the complex ruled by a paramount chief.

Accepted

2016-06-08

Defined by

DFDD

Allowed for

• ZI111 Social Group

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.