ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Social Control, Social Mobility
17 Jul 2016
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* fully agriculture societies (depend on their crops and animals). * chiefdoms are centralized, more work labor were put on designing the central village. * chiefdom rules with authority instead of just influence. * kin-based - composed of multiple clans or lineage. * chiefdom societies are ranked, meaning certain lineage have greater status than others. => in bands and tribes - egalitarian and leadership is achieved; chiefdom status is ascribed or inherited by birth. => highest social status and authority resides in a single hereditary position. * main form of economic exchange is redistribution - chiefs demand taxation. Goods are collected and brought back to the members of society in the form of feast. * chiefs are believed to have the main religious authority => connected to god. * include urban centers that house a large number of non-food producing members of the society. * huge territories => different people have different tasks.
