Segmentary societies Flashcards
Segmentary societies - Up to
a few thousands
Segmentary societies - social organisation
segmentary lineages, tiered relationships based on kinship
Segmentary societies -economic organisational
settled farmers, pastoralist herders (agropastorialists)
Segmentary societies - settlements
permanent or semi-permanent villages (have established places for winter and summer
Segmentary societies - religious organisations
religious elders, calendrical rituals
segmentary societies - archaeological examples
early farmers and pastorialists, neolithic
Segmentary societies - modern examples
bedouins, nuer and dinka
segmentary societies - Diet and subsistence
largely supported by domesticated plants and animals
Chiefdoms have about
5,000 - 20,000+
Chiefdoms social organisation
Kinship-based ranking under a hereditary leader
Chiefdom economic orgainsation
centralised accumulation and redistribution
some craft specialisation
chiefdoms settlements
fortified centres
ritual centres
chiefdoms religious organisation
hereditary chief with religious duties
chiefdom archaeological examples
metal working societies and formative period societies in americas
chiefdoms societies characterised by ranking
differences in social status between people and different lineages graded on prestige
no stratification into class
states have
20,000+
states social organisation
class-based hierarchy under king/emperor
armies
states economic organisation
centralised bureaucracy
tribute, taxation
formalised laws
states settlement organisations
urban, cities and towns
roads
states religious organisation
priest class - doing religious activities
states archaeological examples
all ancient empires (mayans, incas, china, japan, greeks)
states modern examples
all modern states
states ruler has explicit authority
power of life and death and enforced by the army
states social stratification
into classes