A paramount chief is the English language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple chiefdoms or the rulers of exceptionally powerful ch...
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(from the article `Polynesian culture`) ...most socially and politically advanced Polynesian societies (Hawaii, Tahiti, Tonga), with clear-cut social stratification and concentration of all ... Each of these territorial districts was ruled by a chief, whose position was somewhat like that of a lord in medieval Europe. The chief was ... ...
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