Transhumant Groups and Subordination in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

Subordination is based fundamentally on the concept of one group or individual exerting power over one or more different groups or individuals. In theory, therefore, subordinate societies would be social groups that are under the control of a more powerful, more important social group. Within archaeology, being able to both record subordinate groups and understand the relationship between subordinate and subordinating groups is a valid aim. However, as the investigation and interpretation of material culture, archaeology may often lack the means to do this. If material evidence for . . .