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1.3 Economy, social organization and political structure of the pre…

- - - - Prevented the accumulation of possessions
      - Required small and flexible group structures
      - strategic flexibility
        
        across landscape in proportion to their perception of resource distribution
- - - - Game (Animals and the hunt)
      - Rain
      - Illness (controlled)
      - Curers (Healers)
    - - Paintings represented experiences in trance state
- - - - WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
        
        depict religious belief system of the San
        
        Vital importance to the social and religious life of the san
        
        Example: The Eland's prominence in many paintings that depicted rituals that were performed by the San supports the notion that the paintings played a more significant role in San society than just an artistic representation of the immediate environment
        
        Believed to be messages from the supernatural world
- - - - Absence of wealth as a basis/foundation for political power,
      - Flexibility of the social structures
      - Size of the bands