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Hereditary stratification in middle‐range societies
Author(s) -
Rousseau Jérôme
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the royal anthropological institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1467-9655
pISSN - 1359-0987
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9655.00053
Subject(s) - stratification (seeds) , social stratification , southeast asia , ethnography , geography , sociology , ethnology , biology , anthropology , social science , seed dormancy , botany , germination , dormancy
Hereditary stratification is usually explained in relation to economic complexity. However, the ethnographic evidence does not readily support such explanations. Examples from Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and the West Coast of Canada suggest that hereditary stratification derives from the social construction of leadership.