ANTH-110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marcel Mauss, Original Affluent Society, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
11 Apr 2016
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The following is material for the final exam (just this nothing of the previous sections!) You will write just several essays (long answers) Cities and states emerged long before writing: archaeology our only source to know the past. Most neolithic (farming societies) societies egalitarian (more or less people were equal: no evidence for wealth or sharp inequality. Examples, pyramids, towers and huge building : also evidence for writing. Cuneiform writing (mesopotamia) present day iraq (oldest one) Also evidence for new social organization: class divided (non- egalitarian) Production beyond needs surplus: no need for everyone to participate in food production, instead, they became specialists: weavers, potters, smiths, carpenters, . With specialization technology improved: high quality crafts: this is called: social complexity or states. What is the evidence for social complexity: monumental architecture: Tombs + grave goods (the most powerful people) Classes those who have and those who.
