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At first I didn’t understand what the motivation for such complex social behaviour, and risk taking. But then they explained the acorn larders. Large static dep
by ycombinete 6y ago
At first I didn’t understand what the motivation for such complex social behaviour, and risk taking. But then they explained the acorn larders. Large static depositories of food wealth.
This makes me think of humanity and the organisation of large societies, and war, that appears to be associated with the development of agriculture.
- thimkerbell 6y agoNative Americans, did the nomadic tribes fight more or less than the ag ones? Before they got horses, which would have changed things.
- ycombinete 6y agoSo I suppose that fighting over a scarce resource is the natural state of almost every form of life. War, then, is a logical result of complex social structures. The more static and wealthy the resource the more pitched the battles. I would imagine nomadic cultures to have less cause for war. At least until they clash over a resource. Or, their mode of resource gathering incorporates piracy of other groups wealth. I’m thinking of peoples like the Vikings, the Spartans [0], or IIRC the Comanche. Usually becuase there is pressure to do so. As in Sparta where their arable land was insufficient to support their population. [0] https://sites.google.com/site/megaraathenssparta/spartan-econo https://sites.google.com/site/megaraathenssparta/spartan-eco...