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nnlureebased and essenlrally universal syslerns
luwalfli personalrsed ar nurnanard gods, dagrna. and
lana m, and lo symbols wunaur rneanrng ar use ln
our lrves, 01' la aur underslandrng dl llre. Many mlrer
warldeoncepls baszd an me analegres al rambows.
serpenls, and song cyrles relale lo rsperls of rlre
.nlegraned wmld new, and are lmuvd rn Amenndlan
and Ausrralran mbal culrures
4.14
PATTERNS OF SOCIETY
We can parcern «he Lenavror at human and allrer sorral
anlnrals la represenr aspeels cl lheir sandy A sel 0!
such pauerns, cleared lrarn srudres I and my imdents
rnade m Tasrnanra lronr me la we are rllusrrarsd “I
figure 1.29 The cenrral parrern represenls (he orders
or casue nl occupalipnal level lsrarusl ln “5 lang axls.
There are seldanr rnore rnan seven major oerupauanal
levels even ln snrn llgnmuslwflnnflm Illenrrhizs as
me army The wldfll al llre figure L29 represencs me
numbers cl peaple ar each level, and lor \hls
conhgmflinn ne summed me numbers 0! people m
several organrsanana un sample some 35,000 pecph).
indudmg the local army, a rnulrrnarranal erunpan
some enurrlres and many smallbusmessts
w.rlnn um general boar" pauern lonn so evolved, I
have rnarlred snrne arrnwa rn represenr geneur
sueanung (by ararrrage ar Sexual congress), .rnpananl
rlasses o! occupillon are-
l Low OCCUPATIONAL (“saunter meme
MANUAL AND UNSKILLED UREAN.
clraracrerrslrrs are a general dearur av marerral
reseurres, low slalus, pnrleurne occuparrans, and a
remarkable prepanaerance n! rnale blnhs and survrvad
rnale clnldren labnm NU nrales per 100 ternalesl large
ranulres Senal polyandrv I5 mmmon araeeepraxsle
2 THECENTRAL on Musr POPULATED LEVEL:
THE "MIDDLE cuss-
Adequare mum, nrneraelrve labs, sarne pb renure.
and a 'nonn-I" blr|h rillo al ma rnales per loo le-
rnales Muxed wnue eallar and slrrlled reennleal
workers, average lanulv sizes Monagarrrv ls an . eal,
bul rsolren expresred as senal monogamv.
3 THE UPPER LEVELS
rew people, exmnswe resources, llexlble and arren
selrsel runes, and a lnign proparuon 0| rernale eluldren
(about we lrnrales m 70 rnales ar lessl; uxban
proressranals or managers would ryprly rlne graup
5nrall Ianulres, elleclivz pdlygynv Via mnrubinzs ar
nusrresses
A van HIGH Lavm-
Exncu ve drreclors and landed nrrlsrmy Vanahle
lamlly srzrs In“ a preponderance cl renraleclnldren las
per a, above), anal a ha * of lalaral rnrennarrrage lor
economm allranres, ladlnaced by urluswn scnrrals and
resons.
NW
The imbaanre or rne sex rallos in nrese srrara
ensures a geneuc lurnaver ar dllfuslon uerween
classes, a slreannng cl geneuc rnalenals belweevn levels
aver generaucns.
425
THE ARTS IN THE SERVICE OF LXFE
An, m are lorrnr al 5mg, dance, and sculprural ur
parnled careers, m designs, l5 an anereru pmpamm
0! all peoples. nrere rs lmk duum |)u| nwsl (r1 nal alll
lnbal an rs rnrended rar qulle spedlic ends, much at
FIEIME L29
azunvloua pmzrms m 50¢le
me (mm m wail Ill-my me an Mal/villain] mus Nut: KM
mu rrwmunmmrlreusapnmryru murmur lam! rump.
mu mun murlal muss" we all mulmxm an mus wum
mmaks numb” m maple ar an» mm m e asunn lasmarur
may