ANT100Y1 Lecture : ANT100Y - Social/Cultural Anthro Lecture # 3
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Resources circulate by simple kin group affiliation: reciprocity. Low surplus production: different kinds of reciprocity. To: (with intermediate forms) (to more socially complex) Hereditary chiefs: occupy an office, an institutional form that outlasts the incumbent who is in that position at the time (think of prime minister office, born in to a position, ascribed status, a blood line. Reciprocity and redistribution: goods flow from periphery to center, then redistributed out to a variety of groups. From being very minimal at top to far more elaborate. Kin groups ranked vis a vis each other. Chief coordinates the redistribution of surplus: as well as long distance trade and defense. Chiefs village garden farm, yam farms, river farms, coastal village. Example gov of canada me, you, mom, dad. Range from relatively egalitarian tribes to hierarchical mobile chiefdoms (iraq, iran) Chiefs coordinating movement, overseeing trade, mediate conflict.
