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| 1 | Factional competition and political development in the New World: an introduction | 3 |
| 2 | The power of prestige: competitive generosity and the emergence of rank societies in lowland Mesoamerica | 17 |
| 3 | Factional ascendance, dimensions of leadership, and the development of centralized authority | 31 |
| 4 | External warfare and the internal politics of northern South American tribes and chiefdoms | 44 |
| 5 | Chiefdom rivalries, control, and external contacts in lower Central America | 55 |
| 6 | Factional competition and the political evolution of Mississippian chiefdoms in the Southeastern United States | 61 |
| 7 | Ethnicity and political control in a complex society: the Tarascan state of prehispanic Mexico | 79 |
| 8 | Ethnic groups and political development in ancient Mexico | 89 |
| 9 | Factional divisions within the Aztec (Colhua) royal family | 103 |
| 10 | Alliance and intervention in Aztec imperial expansion | 111 |
| 11 | Political factions in the transition from Classic to Postclassic in the Mixteca Alta | 117 |
| 12 | Internal subdivisions of communities in the prehispanic Valley of Oaxaca | 127 |
| 13 | Cycles of conflict: political factionalism in the Maya Lowlands | 138 |
| 14 | Political cosmology among the Quiche Maya | 158 |
| 15 | Factions and political development in the central Andes | 171 |
| 16 | Factional competition and historical materialism | 191 |
| 17 | Conclusions: moietal opposition, segmentation, and factionalism in New World political arenas | 199 |
| Bibliography | 207 | |
| Index | 230 |
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