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Charles S. Spencer

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Publications

25

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Active since

1988

Affiliations

American Museum of Natural History(Current)

Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Charles S. Spencer is an author at American Museum of Natural History specializing in social sciences, archaeology, and language studies.

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Publications per year

1988–2017

25

Publications

25

Human Agency, Biased Transmission, and the Cultural Evolution of Chiefly Authority

Charles S. Spencer · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · 1993 · 147 citations

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Territorial expansion and primary state formation

Charles S. Spencer · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 139 citations · Full text

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On the tempo and mode of state formation: Neoevolutionism reconsidered

Charles S. Spencer · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · 1990 · 115 citations

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Multilevel Selection and Political Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca, 500–100 B.C.

Charles S. Spencer, Elsa M. Redmond · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · 2001 · 98 citations

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Chiefdoms at the threshold: The competitive origins of the primary state

Elsa M. Redmond, Charles S. Spencer · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · 2011 · 98 citations

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