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hierarchy and big men
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
10/05/2007

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Term
social stratification
Definition
arranging the members of a society into a pattern of superior and inferior ranks.
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division of labor
Definition
the division of tasks in a society between women and men, old and young, ability, knowledge, experience.
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egalitarian
Definition
a society without formalized differences in the access to power, influence, and wealth.
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big man
Definition
a form of leadership in tribes where the leader achieves power and influence based on ability.
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redistribution
Definition
a mechanism whereby a politically or economically powerful individual (or group) collects goods and services from the members of society and reallocates them among the society's members.
Term
of hierarchy associated with subsistence strategies

egalinarianism
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Hunting and gathering
Term
Types of hierarchy associated with subsistence strategies

Division of laybor
Definition
agriculture
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