TYPES OF COMMUNITIES.pptx - TYPES OF COMMUNITIES Camps Villages Towns Cities CAMP Social Structure Population growth in also Small communities of 10-50

TYPES OF COMMUNITIES • Camps • Villages • Towns • Cities

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CAMP Social Structure • Small communities of 10-50 individuals, generally family related. • Kin groups are of two types: nuclear and extended families. – A nuclear family includes a man, his wife or wives, and their unmarried children – An extended family contains multiple nuclear families linked by a part- child relationship. • Population growth in also very low. – This is in part due to natural causes, but also due to cultural factors. – The most important factors producing equilibrium in growth rates appears to be cultural, such as delayed marriages and infanticide.

CAMP Political System • Small and very basic . • Individuals are restricted by social control: – blood revenge – group pressure, ostracism, or banishment – fear of the supernatural

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CAMP Religion • Their store of information is limited , they quickly reach the limits of their ability to explain things in naturalistic terms. • The basis of their explanations are animistic . – the belief that spirits inhabit virtually everything in the world of nature.