Land-Bonded Societies are
acephalous societies that fall in between
lineage-bonded societies
A lineage-bonded society is a type of acephalous society predicated on claims of a common ancestor.
A lineage-bonded society is by population, the smallest classification of acephalous society. Beyond a certain size threshold, claims of common ...
and
village-bonded societies
Village Bonded Societies are the largest classification of acephalous societies. They differ from lineage-bonded societies and land-bonded societies mainly in that they are large enough to support both secret societies
A secret society is a ...
.
Land-bonded societies are strictly
agrarian, excluding inherently nomadic
pastoralists
Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. The animal ...
from society. They form from the fragments of lineage-bonded societies that merge, and their only claim to social ties is the land they occupy.
While definitively larger than lineage-bonded societies, land-bonded societies share many of the same traits, including the inability to support age-grade sets and secret societies.
As land-bonded societies grow larger, they can change into
Village-bonded societies
Village Bonded Societies are the largest classification of acephalous societies. They differ from lineage-bonded societies and land-bonded societies mainly in that they are large enough to support both secret societies
A secret society is a ...
, which are able to simultaneously support
age sets
In anthropology, an age set is a social category or corporate social group, consisting of people of similar age, who have a common identity, maintain close ties over a prolonged period, and together pass through a series of age-related statuses. T ...
and
secret societies
A secret society is a club or an organization whose activities, events, inner functioning, or membership are concealed. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence. The term usually excludes covert groups, such as intelligence a ...
, and enable them to transition to statehood.
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Anthropological categories of peoples