ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Huaca Del Sol, Compass, Karl August Wittfogel
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E v i d e n c e: burial customs size of dwellings o: written documents o correspondence. What defines a civilization: cities: urban centers, social stratification, states: centralized authority government (complex political organization) *common: social stratification, intensive agriculture and centralized authority beginning. Environment: hydraulic theory (karl wittfogel) intensive irrigation systems leading to first civilizations. Produced a lot of food in smaller amounts land: trade networks. Whoever controlled trade -> control urban center. Most of which occurred by river systems* Cultural: environmental & social circumscription (rob carneiro) social stratification due to competition for scarce resource. Environmental conditions -> scarcity of food resources -> migrating to larger food centers -> food production. Information theory (trigger) control of increasing production required decision making institutions certain individuals made decisions regarding production: control of communication religion (mesoamerica) divination (china) power -> social stratification while claiming social access to prophecy (closest to.
