Most societies of this type fall into the "immediate return" category in James Woodburn's classification.
Societies of this type were the subject of a 1960 symposium organized by Irven DeVore and Richard Lee, the latter of whom discussed how societies of this sort use "leveling mechanisms" such as insults to maintain equality. Most societies of this type fall into the "immediate return" category in James Woodburn's classification. Marshall Sahlins argued that people in societies of this type only work between three and five hours per day in an article that calls them the "Original Affluent Society." The San people live in this sort of society in the Kalahari desert. Most societies transitioned away from this model during the Neolithic Revolution, during which agriculture was introduced. For 10 points, identify this sort of society named for the acts of killing animals and collecting plants.
Societies of this type were the subject of a 1960 symposium organized by Irven DeVore and Richard Lee, the latter of whom discussed how societies of this sort use "leveling mechanisms" such as insults to maintain equality.
hunter-gatherer societies [or forager societies; or word forms of either answer; prompt on hunter or gatherer alone; prompt on nomadic or primitive or traditional societies] &lt;Brownstein&gt;