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the influence of extensive agriculture on the study of sociopolitical organization and the interpretation of history
Author(s) -
LANCASTER CHET S.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1979.6.2.02a00060
Subject(s) - subsistence agriculture , interpretation (philosophy) , politics , materialism , agriculture , sociology , social science , anthropology , political economy , political science , history , epistemology , archaeology , law , philosophy , linguistics
In low–density societies on the African savannas, subsistence agriculture is centered on women in the domestic domain, is not directly linked to the political economy, and has been an essentially passive force in sociopolitical history. This is relevant for understanding sex roles and the development of social and political anthropology, and for evaluating popular materialist and political biases in the interpretation of history and evolution.