You are hereHomeBARJuly/August 2006Edom & Copper For an overview of the problem of defining chiefdoms and states in the anthropological and historical record, see G.M. Feinman and J. Marcus, eds., Archaic States (Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1998). Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.