According to Anthropologist Robert Carneiro, the Objective of Many Chiefs

According to anthropologist Robert Carneiro, the objective of many chiefs was to do which of the following?

A) increase the extent of their territory in order to control the surplus production of surrounding communities
B) maintain the peace with their neighbors in order to avoid armed conflict
C) become full-time religious leaders and use impressive rites and rituals to prove that they were gods
D) disencumber themselves of material possessions and incur debts of personal obligations from their followers through potlatch-like ceremonies