Elite ownership of land and resources
Local group claims hunting areas, dominant animals, fishing sites and animal drive locations
Local groups claims exclusive rights over resource locations, residential sites and home range
None reported

Does not occur as such
Group acts as regional focus of trade, others regularly come to exchange for surplus food (commonly available)
Organized trade fairs or special trade events
Specialized regional traders utilized as group representatives to other groups
Trade and exchange embedded in other activities and relationships exclusively

No special prerogatives
No relief from subsistence,but messengers as assistants
No relief from subsistence, but minor dress prerogatives,and messengers and speaker as assistants
Some relief from subsistence (contributions of goods and labor), dress prerogatives, assistants, and role for leaders wife
Complete relief from subsistence, distinctive clothing, many assistants, special marriage rules

leaders are visible, recognized by all, have followers, and judged on performance
leadership embedded in roles of older persons, based on knowledge and good advice

Performance based leadership
Senior males provide an advisory type of leadership
Formal or informal council of advisors with recognized leader
Instituted leader who presides over a council of near "peers"

Articulated to politically and socially more complex groups
Articulated with groups unlike themselves, but this appears to be done in self-interested way
Mutualistic or patron-client relationship with people who live very different type of lives

No organized competition
Conflict is continually present on an on-again/off-again basis
Conflict is more common than in (2) and there are unprovoked attacks on intruders
Conflict is common in the region, but it may flare up to major proportions periodically
All properties of (4) and conflict is sustained and results in long term expansion of groups

Not germane
Both males and females may observe and participate in the ritual
Females may observe some rites but do not participate
Females may perform important roles in the initiation event
Females excluded from all aspects of initiation rites