SOC 3470 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Veneration Of The Dead, Economic Surplus, Social Inequality
6 Oct 2016
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Shift from hunting animals to herding them and from gathering pants to cultivating them. More male free time due to not as much hunting. Ancestor worship (lived closer to burial sites) Due to scarcity of new land and the declining opportunities for hunting. Clean new gardens by cutting and burning old ones. Greater inequality, but only over the surplus. Widespread manufacturing and use of metal tools (copper and bronze) Women plant, tend, and harvest the land. Men"s contribution to subsistence is much less than women"s. Substantially larger than hunting and gathering societies. 1st great population explosion, too many to go back to foraging. Gave a lot to priests as sacrifices. Included the dead and the living (ancestor worship) Multiple communities under the rule of one leader. Tied to the mother"s side of the family. Had to do with the importance of women"s contribution to. Respected for both spiritual and secular functions. No extreme wealth or power, but differences in prestige.
