ANT100Y1 Lecture : Archaeology-Chapter 13-Origin of Cities and States Dec 4 2008
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O civilization: urban society, from the latin word for city state. O state: a political unit with centralized decision making affecting a large population. Many states have cities with public buildings; full time craft and religious specialists, an official art style; a hierarchal social structure topped by an elite class; and a governmental monopoly on the legitimate use of force to implement policies. O egalitarian society: a society in which all persons of a given age-sex category have equal access to economic resources, power, and prestige- (earliest neolithic societies were egalitarian) O development of small scale irrigation, lowland river areas (which provided variety of food)- began to attract settlers. O differences in status are reflected in the burial of statues and ornaments with children. O different villages specialized in the production of different goods- pottery, copper, stone tools, etc. O certain places may have been centres of political/religious authority for several communities.
