ANTHRO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Fictive Kinship, Basseri, Theocracy
18 Nov 2016
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Smallest type of society 25-60: population size cannot exceed food supply. Nomadicism: to move about on the landscape in search of resources: seasonal rounds. Kinship is the primary means of social organization: ceremonial kin fictive kinship) All members of a band are kin to each other: promotes solidarity and cooperation, the greek system was created for this kinship feeling. (cid:862)co(cid:373)ple(cid:454) so(cid:272)iopoliti(cid:272)al s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s that ad(cid:373)inisters a territory and populace with formal leader"s ad su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tial (cid:272)o(cid:374)trasts i(cid:374) wealth, prestige, a(cid:374)d power(cid:863). Universal in agriculture: most recent adaptive strategy, mo(cid:374)ar(cid:272)hies, de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)ies, theo(cid:272)ra(cid:272)ies . Iraquois: balance between men and women, men hold office, women vote. Democracy the people rule: ex. The vatican theology religion religious group has power. Sedentism (foragers are nomadic: to live permanently in one place on the landscape. Urban life: today, over of humans live in cities, kinship is no longer the primary organizing principle of society.
