ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ascribed Status, Social Stratification, Sodality
16 Oct 2013
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Power: the ability to exercise one"s will over others. Authority: is the formal, socially approved use of power. Tribes: have economies based on nonintensive food production (horticulture and pastoralism); no formal government and no reliable means of enforcing political decisions. Differential access: some people have more wealth, prestige, and power than others did. State: a form of sociopolitical organization based on a formal government structure and socioeconomic stratification. Norms: cultural standards or guidelines that enable individuals to distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour in a given society. Law: foragers law formal law in the sense of a legal code with trial and enforcement, but they did have methods of social control and dispute settlement. Big man: an elaborate version of the village head, supporters in several villages; a regulator of regional political organization; almost always a male. Status: for any social position, no matter what its prestige. Ascribed status: people have little or no choice about occupying them (ex.
