ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sedentism, Cardiovascular Disease, Tuberculosis

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

Document Summary

Tribes are egalitarian: there are no inborn differences in status between people (other. Remember, you can achieve a leadership status, tribal leaders are made, not than age & gender) born. There is no overall tribal leadership, no government" in our sense. Local communities are economically self-sufficient are politically independent. Though of course they still exchange gifts with one another. A non-monetary exchange of foods, objects and services. Kinship is the major ordering principle of society. Tribes often have frequent warfare , usually in the form of raiding. Segmentary" (in contrast to "organic") means that the society is made up of equivalent, independent parts [e. g. , the lineage, the village], with no political center and little role specialization among adults. In contrast, an "organic" society (such as our own) is highly specialized at all levels: our occupational roles are hyper-specialized, and we have an enormous variety of institutions specializing in different functions.