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On the Evolution of “Tribal” Social Networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dean J. Saitta
Dean J. Saitta*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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Abstract

Braun and Plog's approach to understanding change in “tribal” social networks is critiqued with respect to (1) certain bridging arguments about the social meaning of particular evidential trends, and (2) certain conceptual biases regarding the nature of “tribal” social relations. Aspects of an alternative strategy for making sense of “tribal” social dynamics are discussed.

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American Antiquity , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 820 - 824
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1983

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