ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Central Asia, Proletarianization, Deterritorialization
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Redistribution( ow in and then out) goods ow to a center then redistributed to the populace through networks to kin) chiefdoms. Chief is typically a man inherited position from mothers brother altho role is ascribed the chief is often chosen amongst several potential chiefs (all decedents)often chose because of his people skills. Chief his status might not lastif fails he can be replaced by another person from lineage able to take over. Slightly more formularized than the position of a big man( new guinean no chief but a skilled man rises to a position by managing to tie people together to him) Chiefdom is often poor(cant keep things for himself) ?store it in domesticated in animals (pigs) therefore, pigs become wealth. Domestic animals store surpluses that would otherwise quickly perish=wealth. Once through pre colonial africa, the americas, paci c islands,central asia, premodern europe. Varying degrees of hierarchy and differences of prestige and or wealth.
