ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Haida Gwaii, Microblade Technology, Fishing Weir
18 Oct 2016
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Certain members of a society have more wealth and power than other members of society. Wealth and power are often inherited, rather than earned. The right to authority has to be accepted by the rest of society. Sometimes achieved through consensus (voting), sometimes through coercion (threat). Most living groups of hunter-gatherers have egalitarian social systems. This means social differences are based on skill, age, and gender. Social complexity long associated with state level society. Public architecture, instutionalized religion, social classes, wealth, and so forth. In recent years, archaeologists have realized that many hunter-gatherer societies have social complexity without living in formal states. This has also been recognized for agricultural groups. Very recent underwater exploration suggests possible human occupation near haida. May have discovered ancient fish weirs under 100 metres of water. Not yet sure if these are cultural in origin. Earliest sites in bc from coastal environments. Northern coastal sites feature microblade technology, probably brought over from siberia.
