Prehistoric Social Organization Before and After Agriculture: the lexically reconstructed story of Central Algonquian society, showing the transformation of a bilateral forager kindred into an agricultural patrilineal tribe in a resource rich natural envir
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The book presents a detailed account of the transformation in
social organization that came with the adoption of subsistence
agriculture by the foragers who lived in one resource rich area of
the planet (the Lower Great Lakes). The technique used is lexical
reconstruction, correlated where possible with archaeological
data. My research suggests that in simple societies whose politics
are all kin based, the kinship terminology serves as an oral
constitution, amendments to which involve new terms with
pertinent etymologies. By carefully noting the etymologies of
innovations, one can reconstruct prehistoric social change.
social organization that came with the adoption of subsistence
agriculture by the foragers who lived in one resource rich area of
the planet (the Lower Great Lakes). The technique used is lexical
reconstruction, correlated where possible with archaeological
data. My research suggests that in simple societies whose politics
are all kin based, the kinship terminology serves as an oral
constitution, amendments to which involve new terms with
pertinent etymologies. By carefully noting the etymologies of
innovations, one can reconstruct prehistoric social change.
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