fˈɜːstli, ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts kəntˈɪnjuːd tə stˈʌdi pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən ænd pəlˈɪɾɪkəl fɪnˈɑːmɪnə ðæt lˈeɪ aʊtsˈaɪd ðə stˈeɪtɹˈɛɡjʊlˌeɪɾᵻd sfˈɪɹ æz ɪn pˈeɪtɹəŋklˈaɪənt ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz ɔːɹ tɹˈaɪbəl pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən.
Firstly, anthropologists continued to study political organization and political phenomena that lay outside the state-regulated sphere (as in patron-client relations or tribal political organization).