ABSTRACT
Equally, wi thin villages, no individual would wil l ingly acquiesce to domination by individuals. This involved a virtual absence of defined political "offices" wi th occupants who were accepted as having legitimate authority (see Sahlins, 1963). Leadership was accepted, when the situa tion demanded, from individuals who had proved their abilities; and able leaders, wi th a sense of "brinkmanship," could continuously produce the appropriate situations and could attain despotic personal power ^see Salisbury, 1964).
