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tribe: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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tribe1 CONSTRUCTTribal societyFRIED · POLITICAL FORM

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Anthropology

A form of political organisation above the band

In anthropology, a tribe is a form of social and political organisation larger and more integrated than a band but lacking the centralised authority of a chiefdom or state, in which kinship, descent, and shared culture rather than formal government hold a dispersed population together. Fried's On the Concepts of 'Tribe' and 'Tribal Society' argued the category is far messier than the evolutionary typologies assume, often a product of contact with states rather than a natural stage. The referent is a mode of human social integration, studied through kinship and political structure, and it is unrelated to the taxonomic rank sharing its name.[1]

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A level of political and social integration above the band
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Characterised through kinship structure, political organisation, settlement pattern, and degree of centralised authority

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References

  1. Fried, M. H. (1966). On the concepts of “tribe” and “tribal society”. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, 28(4), 527–540. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2164-0947.1966.tb02369.x

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