social stratification

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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

The bill defined caste as "an individual's perceived position in a system of social stratification on the basis of inherited status."

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 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

Part of this is connected to relative freedom from religious and social stratification that occurred in Korea, China and other parts of east Asia over the 20th century, she says.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 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