ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hunter-Gatherer, State Religion, Centralized Government
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Ant rise of the archaic states: the origins of the first civilizations and the future evolution of the human species. Status rights, duties, privileges & powers that accrue to a recognized and named social position. **however, in chiefdom u have agriculture and in tribes you have low level agriculture/horticulture. ** egalitarian society (hunter gatherer) vs ranked society (archaic states) Ranked society: fewer number of individuals with high status: some permanency to be sustainable, unequal access to resources, high status has more access can be based on sex and gender. Civilization a complex urban society with a high level of cultural achievement in the arts and science, craft specializations, surplus of food &/or labour, & a hierarchical stratified social organization. Ideology cultural, religious or cosmological ideas that provide group members with a rationale for their existence: masks the fact that one group is exploiting another, provides group members with a rationale for their existence.
