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Re: Reality checkRonald Kephart (rkephart@OSPREY.UNF.EDU)Tue, 2 Jul 1996 10:36:33 -0400
M. Loker" writes: > Does anyone (besides me) still use the B-T-Ch-S typology in teaching? Yes. I find it very useful, although I am constantly pointing that these are leaky categories and that particular aspects of, say typically band-tribal religion or economics tend to persist into chiefdoms and states, but become marginalized to the more typical characteristics of state-level societies. Another useful categorization is small-scale (bands, tribes) vs. large-scale (chiefdoms, states). Somehow, the admonition to abandon these notions missed me, maybe because I'm a linguist. Ronald Kephart Dept of Language & Literature University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL USA 32224-2645 Phone: (904) 646-2580
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