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Gatherer‐hunter to farmer: A social perspective
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In this paper, the social properties of a tribal system are examined in an anthropological framework using ethnographic illustrations and in an archaeological framework using prehistoric data; the ability of such systems to generate increasing demands on production, which under certain conditions may be resolved by a commitment to agriculture, is stressed.Abstract:
The theoretical approach to agricultural origins in the last decade has concentrated on techno‐environmental and demographic causality. This paper attempts to show that both are dependent upon the social structure, and that this is where the enquiry should begin. The social properties of a tribal system are examined; first, in an anthropological framework using ethnographic illustrations, and then in an archaeological framework using prehistoric data. The ability of such systems to generate increasing demands on production, which under certain conditions may be resolved by a commitment to agriculture, is stressed.read more
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The Significance of Food Storage Among Hunter-Gatherers: Residence Patterns, Population Densities, and Social Inequalities [and Comments and Reply]
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Stone Age Economics
TL;DR: Stone Age Economics as mentioned in this paper is a classic of economic anthropology, ambitiously tackling the nature of economic life and how to study it comparatively, and is one of Marshall Sahlins' most important and enduring works, claiming that stone age economies formed the original affluent society.
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The conditions of agricultural growth
TL;DR: In this paper, Boserup argues that changes and improvements occur from within agricultural communities, and that improvements are governed not simply by external interference, but by those communities themselves using extensive analyses of the costs and productivity of the main systems of traditional agriculture.
Women's Role in Economic Development
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the impact of agricultural modernization on the employment of women in rural and urban areas of Africa, focusing on the effects of women's status loss of status under European rule.
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Culture and practical reason
TL;DR: Sahlins as mentioned in this paper argues that symbols enter all phases of social life, including those which we tend to regard as strictly pragmatic, or based on concerns with material need or advantage, as well as those which are purely symbolic, such as ideology, ritual, myth, moral codes, and the like.