ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Enculturation, Ascribed Status, Scantron Corporation
20 Apr 2016
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Tribes (indigenous people who lived here before europeans us) Bands (indigenous people who lived here before europeans canada) The power of the state might be very weak or very strong. Mainly found in subsistence-based economies: foragers, horticulturalists, pastoralists, reciprocity-based; some redistribution (what the economy is based on) Low population densities: this means that the types of problems to be dealt with are not very complex, they are typically dealt with face-to-face. Egalitarian: no institutionalized socio-economic differences among members: everyone has access to resources, wealth, etc. Maintenance of order: leaders: no absolute authority. Leaders have no official support (ex. police, army, gang: control primarily via social sanctions. Because they are smaller groups, people can control each other"s behaviour via ostracizing or gossip: organization: informal and temporary. Leaders come and go depending on situations. Slightly larger than bands: kin-based (basic unit of organization) Shifting leadership: personal persuasion (achieved status through own capabilities mostly male)
