Index of Volumes 1–5 (2002–2006) Articles Assayag J. How to Become European? The Intellectual Legacy of Ernest Gellner. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 143–161. Banschikova A. A. Woman in Ancient Egypt: Evolution of Personal and Social Positions. Vol. 5 No 1, March 2006, p. 109–124. Barnard A. Mutual Aid and the Foraging Mode of Thought: Re-reading Kropotkin on the Khoisan. Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 3–21. Barry, III H. Community Customs Associated with Political Sub- ordination. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2003, p. 116–130. Barry, III H. Social Behaviors Associated with Hereditary Community Leadership. Vol. 4 No 2, September 2005, p. 3–17. Baum R. Ritual and Rationality: Religious Roots of the Bureaucratic State in Ancient China. Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 41–68. Baum R. The Origin of Polities: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Evolution of Command and Control in Human Collectivities. Vol. 3 No 2, September 2004, p. 55–92. Bell D. Evolution of Middle Eastern Social Structures: A New Model. Vol. 3 No 2, September 2004, p. 25–54. Bell D. Bands, Fertility and the Social Organization of Early Humans. Vol. 5 No 2, September 2006, p. 3–23. Berent M. The Stateless Polis. A Reply to Critics. Vol. 5 No 1, March 2006, p. 141–163. Bondarenko D. M. A Homoarchic Alternative to the Homoarchic State: Benin Kingdom of the 13th – 19th Centuries. Vol 4 No 2, September 2005, p. 18–88. Bondarenko D. M., Grinin L. E., Korotayev A. V. Alternative Pathways of Social Evolution. Vol 1 No 1, July 2002, p. 54–79. Buchowski M. The Social Condition of Knowledge: Gellner and the ‘Postmodernist Menace’. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 34–54. Carmack R. M. A Historical Anthropological Perspective on the Mayan Civilization. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2003, p. 71–115. Carneiro R. L. Stellar Evolution and Social Evolution: A Study in Parallel Processes. Vol. 4 No 1, March 2005, p. 136–159. Carneiro R. L. Was the Chiefdom a Congelation of Ideas? Vol. 1 No 1, July 2002, p. 80–100. Index of Volumes 1–5 (2002–2006) 157 Chabal P., Feinman G., and Skalník P. Beyond States and Empires: Chiefdoms and Informal Politics. Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 22–40. Chase-Dunn C. Globalization from Below: Toward a Collectively Rational and Democratic Global Commonwealth. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2003, p. 195–237. Christian D. Macrohistory: The Play of Scales. Vol. 4 No 1, March 2005, p. 22–60. Claessen H. J. M. Developments in Evolutionism. Vol. 5 No 1, March 2006, p. 3–41. Claessen H. J. M. Early State Intricacies. Vol. 4 No 2, September 2005, p. 151–158. Claessen H. J. M. Was the State Inevitable? Vol. 1 No 1, July 2002, p. 101–117. Collins R. Geopolitics in an Era of Internationalism. Vol. 1 No 1, July 2002, p. 118–139. Czeglédy A. P. The Words and Things of Ernest Gellner. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 6–33. Ember M., Ember C. R. Toward the Evolution of a More Civil World Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 137–161. Gammer M. ‘Proconsul of the Caucasus’: A Re-examination of Yermolov. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2003, p. 177–194. Grinchenko S. N. Meta-evolution of the Nature System – The Framework of History. Vol. 5 No 1, March 2006, p. 42–88. Grinin L. E. Democracy and Early State. Vol. 3 No 2, September 2004, p. 93–149. Grinin L. E. The Early State and Its Analogues. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2003, p. 131–176. Guidi A. The Archaeology of Early State in Italy. Vol. 5 No 2, Septem- ber 2006, p. 55–90. Hall T. D. Mongols in World-Systems History. Vol. 4 No 2, September 2005, p. 89–118. Hann C. Civil Society:The Sickness, Not the Cure? Vol. 2 No 2, Sep- tember 2003, p. 55–74. Heady P. Gellner's Ideal Kinship Language and the Connection between Biological and Social Relatedness. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 75–87. Hughes-Warrington M. Big History. Vol. 4 No 1, March 2005, p. 7–21. Ingold T. On the Distinction between Evolution and History. Vol. 1 No 1, March 2002, p. 5–24. 158 Social Evolution & History / September 2006 Karakatsianis Y. Some Remarks on the Origins of Absolute Leaders: The Jacobine Politician and His Role in the Political History. Vol. 5 No 1, March 2006, p. 125–140. Kowalewski S. A. The New Past: From Region to Macroregion. Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 81–105. Kowalewski S. A. What is the Community? The Long View from Oaxaca, Mexico. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2003, p. 4–24. Kradin N. N. Archaeological Criteria of Civilization. Vol. 5 No 1, March 2006, p. 89–108. Kradin N. N. Ernest Gellner and Debates on Nomadic Feudalism. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 162–176. Kurtz D. V. Political Power and Government: Negating the Anthro- pomorphized State. Vol. 5 No 2, September 2006, p. 91–111. Kurtz D. V. The Evolution of Politics and the Transition from Political Status to Political Office. Vol. 3 No 2, September 2004, p. 150–175. Manning P. Cross-Community Migration: A Distinctive Human Pattern. Vol. 5 No 2, September 2006, p. 24–54. Meliantsev V. A. Russia's Comparative Economic Development in the Long Run. Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 106–136. Nazaretyan A. P. Big (Universal) History Paradigm: Versions and Approaches. Vol. 4 No 1, March 2005, p. 61–86. Nefedov S. A. A Model of Demographic Cycles in a Traditional Society: The Case of Ancient China. Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 69–80. Quigley D. Is a Theory of Caste Still Possible? Vol. 1 No 1, July 2002, p. 140–170. Shankland D. Gellner and Islam. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 118–142. Skalník P. Ernest Gellner's Legacy: In Favour of Anthropology, Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 194–202. Skalník P. Gellner on Modernity Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 203–224. Skalník P. Gellner's Encounter with Soviet etnografiia. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 177–193. Smyntyna O. V. Ecological Explanation of Hunter-Gatherers Behavior: An Attempt of Historical Overview. Vol. 3 No 2, September 2004, p. 3–24. Snooks G. D. Big History or Big Theory? Uncovering the Laws of Life. Vol. 4 No 1, March 2005, p. 160–188. Snooks G. D. Uncovering the Laws of Global History. Vol. 1 No 1, March 2002, p. 25–53. Spencer C. S., Redmond E. M. Militarism, Resistance and Early State Development in Oaxaca, Mexico. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2003 p. 25–70. Index of Volumes 1–5 (2002–2006) 159 Spier F. How Big History Works: Energy Flows and the Rise and Demise of Complexity. Vol. 4 No 1, March 2005, p. 87–135. Tobolka R. Gellner and Geertz in Morocco: A Segmentary Debate. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 88–117. Turchin P., Korotayev A. V. Population Dynamics and Internal Warfare: A Reconsideration. Vol. 5 No 2, September 2006. p. 112–147. van der Vliet E. Polis. The Problem of Statehood. Vol. 4 No 2, Septem- ber 2005, p. 120–150. Conference Reports Banschikova A. A., Kavykin O. I. Fourth International Conference ‘Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations’ (Moscow, June 13–16, 2006). Vol. 5 No 2, September 2006, p. 148–155. Bondarenko D. M., Kavykin O. I. Third International Conference ‘Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations’ (Moscow, June 18–21, 2004). Vol. 4 No 1, March 2005, p. 189–199. Review Essays Bondarenko D. M. African Studies in Russia: The Present Day in Light of the Past. Review of N. B. Kochakova (ed.), Ethnologica Africana. In Memory of Dmitri Alexeevich Olderogge. Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 186–189. Carneiro R. L. Multiple Trajectories in Political Development: Review of J. Haas (ed.), From Leaders to Rulers. Vol. 3 No 1, March 2004, p. 162–175. Magee G. B. As Big as It Gets: ‘Big Theory’ and The Collapse of Darwinism. Review of G. D. Snooks, The Collapse of Darwinism, Or the Rise of a Realist Theory of Life. Vol. 5 No 1, March 2006, p. 164–174. Sanderson S. K. How Chase-Dunn and Hall Got It Almost Right. Review of C. Chase-Dunn and T. D. Hall, Rise and Demise: Comparing World-Systems. Vol. 1 No 1, March 2002, p. 171–176. Sanderson S. K. Review of Robert L. Carneiro, Evolutionism in Cul- tural Anthropology: A Critical History. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2004, p. 176–185. Sanderson S. K. Review of Robert L. Carneiro, The Muse of History and the Science of Culture. Vol. 2 No 1, March 2003, p. 238–246. Special Issues1 Skalník P. (guest ed.). Ernest Gellner. Vol. 2 No 2, September 2003, p. 4–224. Snooks G. D. (guest ed.). Exploring the Horizons of Big History. Vol. 4 No 1, March 2005, p. 5–188. 1 For contributions to the special issues see the section ‘Articles’ above..