social stratification
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The religion is "the essence of social stratification", marapu priest Umbu Remi Deta told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
At Amnya, her team also noted a possible sign of social stratification, another development often linked to agriculture: a cluster of houses that sat, undefended, outside the palisade.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2023
This social stratification, another characteristic of early civilizations, means that families and individuals could vary greatly in their wealth and status.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
There, archaeologists found a variety of homes made of beach rock and lime mortar, ranging from cramped quarters to more sprawling homes with courtyards, suggesting a social stratification, Power said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
Jomon villages and cemeteries do not consist of a few richly decorated houses and graves contrasting with numerous spartan ones but are instead rather uniform—suggesting that there was little social stratification into chiefs and commoners.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
