![]() ![]() ![]() Would the leader make the call as to adopt agriculture or pastoralism for the village? How strong of an authority would a leader have? The rights to banish people from the village? To assign jobs? Even to take wives, assuming the leader is male. Much like a herd of wild horses, people look to a strong leader to trust and make decisions for the whole herd. Were jobs determined by gender, the physically stronger or weaker, the oldest or youngest? What defined the leader or head of the group-the person at the top of the pecking order? Could it have been determined by the elder in the group? The strongest? The most experienced? Is there any way for us to know how these civilizations functioned? It is safe to make educated guesses that there was a social hierarchy and roles that were carried out by the more capable and suited for individual tasks, but how do we know for sure?Īn interesting question would be how these social hierarchies worked. ![]()
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