"As always with his excellent authority on ancient Iranian history and cultures, D.T. Potts presents five highly innovative essays on forms of kinship and social organization in Ancient Iran from the Elamites to the Sasanians that are full of new ideas and suggestions for further research."--Josef Wiesehöfer, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and Classics, University of Kiel, and author of Ancient Persia: From 550 BC to 650 AD