Archaeology ARC 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Censer, Rock–Paper–Scissors, Lewis H. Morgan
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How are those relations expressed: ant colonies developing social systems, no planning or higher-level communication, biologically programmed cycle. Tr kidder: hunter-gatherers historically held up as the progenitor of humanity built around a concept of egalitarianism everybody equal. In some fashion, people of poverty point were able to convert equality into a sophisticated form of inequality: required leadership somebody had to take authority to get something done, had to direct other people. Bezos to have billions and billions of dollars in part because we have cultural rules which define what constitutes fairness. Friedel thinks they were elected into kingship: these kings are the names later kings would use in the second empire. Fire censer head and water pouring from her crescent basin womb aztecs called this --she is a goddess bringing rain: kaanul emblem glyphs represent status, dzibanche, kings included some kaanul kings.
