ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Tangled, Social Stratification, Recto And Verso
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Key features of a neolithic village is egalitarian type lifestyle, where decisions are made based on certain peoples decisions. Most of the resoces and time went towards food cultivation. But after this time period, most people are born into certain classes such as a family of kings or poor people - there is codiied laws and social stratiication and this was the hallmark of civilization. Burials can determine social status, and also through written documents. Romans numerals isnt what we use today but we can still recognize them as a system and symbols. Diferent types of writing help develop this symbolic system. In babylonian cuneiform tables, there is a structure to the system where every symbol is related to another. Sumerian system is one of the earliest of mesopotamian systems. They are tightly wound up not tangled when stored.
