ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Processual Archaeology, Maisin Language, Division Of Labour
5 May 2016
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Political economy: the role of leadership/political authority/power on production & consumption of goods use of power in public (/within families) Barker political = making decisions that affect a community; leadership vs legal = maintaining social order, dealing with disputes, aka social control. Political organization --- institutions & procedures related to decision-making (political), conflict resolution (social control/legal: functionalism. Malinowski, radcliffe-brown rules of practical cohesion (processes) norms, laws, rituals: processualism actions processes that promote change human action leadership power, status, wealth. Leadership: informal, part-time, situational, intermittent lead when the particular event/situation calls for their particular skill set age might restrict leadership. Maisin: food production, small surpluses redistribute wealth (leadership job, shared language, culture, territory, 100 several hundred ppl, few 1000 ppl, clan-based ppl, eg tahltan (despite being foragers) --- group of bands, common culture & territory. Ongka an example of big man leadership, comes partly from birth and charisma, generosity, calculation to achieve leadership.
