ASB 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Monks Mound, Social Stratification, El Argar
10 Nov 2015
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Four correlated aspects of human societies: population size, subsistence how the society acquire food, political centralization how are decisions made, social strati cation social hierarchy. Tiny group of people who knows everyone else (few dozen) There is a leader in a hunt only; only to supervise others. Live in small villages (permanent houses); still exist. Leaders are more in uential and wealthy than others; not inheritable; not recognizable. Larger than tribe (few thousands to ten thousands); don"t know everybody. Farming surplus (not everyone have to farm to survive) specialists craft, religious, bureaucratic extensive trading crafts raise in status. Some individuals have former authority to make decisions. Having income tax for people; accumulate food and wealth; somehow return to people (building church, giving supper overtime) Social strati cation study of burial (sex, health, age, present or absence of stu buried with) Social status can be ascribed (the result of inheritance) Child burial with goods means the status is inherited.
