Posted on 02/04/2020 2:04:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeogenetic analyses provide new insights into social inequality 4000 years ago: nuclear families lived together with foreign women and individuals from lower social classes in the same household.
Social inequality already existed in southern Germany 4000 years ago, even within one household, a new study published in the journal Science finds. Archaeological and archaeogenetic analyses of Bronze Age cemeteries in the Lech Valley, near Augsburg, show that families of biologically related persons with higher status lived together with unrelated women who came from afar and also had a high status, according to their grave goods. In addition, a larger number of local but clearly less well-off individuals were found in the same cemeteries, which were small gravesites associated with single homesteads. The researchers conclude that social inequality was already part of households structures in that time and region. Whether the less well-off individuals were servants or slaves can only be speculated upon.
In Central Europe, the Bronze Age covers the period from 2200 to 800 BCE. At that time people acquired the ability to cast bronze. This knowledge led to an early globalization, since the raw materials had to be transported across Europe. In an earlier study, the current team had shown that, 4000 years ago, the majority of women in the Lech Valley came from abroad and may have played a decisive role in the transfer of knowledge. Supraregional networks were apparently fostered by marriages and institutionalized forms of mobility.
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By their bling shall ye know them.
So the rich guys had lots of women.
Some things never change.
So maybe my German ancestors weren’t buried with a lot of money and jewels.
So what?
My ancestors were extremely good looking.
And the rich women liked my male ancestors.
The castle guards had standing orders to not let any of my male ancestors into the castle.
So my ancestors would wait until the castle guards sat down, and then they would sneak into the castle and play “Find The Jewels” with the ladies.
I believe that trade goods back in the bronze and iron age included women. They may have been slaves or daughters of high status leaders who offered them to arrange future trading deals. Horse trading took on a very different twist.
Which means their social structures were stable.
What? Not woke? 2,000 years BC? Who knew?
Things haven’t changed much in India.
Life being difficult, being able to live indoors and near the food supply was probably as good as it was likely to get.
The secret to a good life was fire and fermentation. Boundary ditches and walls also helped.
“So the rich guys had lots of women.
Some things never change.”
Yep!
This morning my wife and I went out for breakfast and as we were leaving the restaurant this absolutely gorgeous young blonde walks in followed by a so-so looking guy. I thought to myself, she could have done a lot better.
When we got to the parking lot I noticed a Bentley parked there. My wife says, I bet that’s his. I said, I think you’re right.
There always has been,and always will be,people who are smarter than average.
And people who are dumber than average
There always has been,and always will be,people who work harder than average.
And those who are lazier than average.
Criminy atley! The first man who came out of a cave, climbed a tree, or came down out of the trees displayed the first example of social inequality. It's called taking the initiative and creating their own success.
This is revisionism to "nth degree" and should be flushed down the scupper.
the only regime i havent found inequality is in nazi germany.
Uh, look again.
Gee, I miss the stone age.
Get serious.
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