Show threadbs2Jun 11, 2024
> Following the revolution, Kirikongo’s residents stopped keeping cattle and began to participate in collective hunts. I have argued that this was a socially motivated change related to increasing equality, as this type of hunting practice often cross cuts individual houses and binds the community together, while cattle can be a source of individual or familial wealth.
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bs2Mar 4, 2023
> ..research at #Kirikongo has revealed a,, socio-political sequence, with the development of institutionalized inequalities over the course of the 1st millennium CE, followed by an egalitarian revolution in the early 2nd millennium CE. The consequent social formation, despite being structurally egalitarian was actually more complex than the vertically oriented system.. and..question common assumptions of #directionality in #SocioPoliticalEvolution.
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