ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Iron-Deficiency Anemia, Old Ideas, Hunter-Gatherer

• School: UConn
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Jocelyn Linnekin

Document Summary

People in band societies do not defend territory or make war. Defending/claiming property is a recently new trend. If you do not have a concept of territorial boundaries, and then a more powerful society introduces private property can cause confusion. Ways to cut people down to size" if they act to uppity". Band societies do not have social class or hierarchy, and therefore if someone tries to act superior to others, they have to use leveling mechanisms to bring them back down. There are no large differences in wealth throughout band societies, and status is based solely on age or sex. The society has specific ways of making sure no one lords" it over someone else. This was originally embedded as a survival strategy, but it is now part of their society. A way that society mobilized against those that have more than others. The !kung san rule of arrow ownership.