Discuss three things that are usually considered to be evidence of social...

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...ranking, in relation to archaeology.? Hey, I need help with a take home final for my archaeology class. I need to write a paragraph discussing three things considered to be evidence of social ranking.
Any help, research, or guesses you could contribute would be awesome!
Thanks.
 
I can only give you hints because it has been a while since I have been in on of those classes. I think you should start by looking at burials. Burials are a very clear sign of social rank because either they were very important to be buried or they had some significant amount of valuables buried with them. The mound people in ancient Louisiana area were found to have one main figure in a mound with many people who had apparently killed themselves at the funeral (or at least sacrificed) and where buried with them. Further, you may want to discuss some of the origins of class society and how humans are not the only animals with a class system (some monkeys will let other monkeys eat out of their mouths because they are of a higher class). I don't have much else for you, I would suggest looking more towards the evidence of class as in thinking of a king and what he would have and than consider that evidence that might be found from an archaeological stand point. Best of luck.
 
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