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And justice for all: the development of political centralization among newly sedentary foragers
American anthropologist • 91 (3) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 703-712
By: Kent, Susan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a research report from the the American Anthropologist discussing how the need for conflict resolution has led to political centralization among newly sedentary foragers. No longer able 'to vote with one's feet' and move away when tensions arise, !Kung seek outsiders to arbitrate disputes. In the new settlement of Kutse the lack of headmen or nearby persons of authority has resulted in numerous fights, one of which Kent analyzes in detail.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Informal in-group justice
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kutse, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Susan Kent
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 711-712)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)