Economic Organization
- Production
- Subsistence Societies
- Hunting and gathering
- Fishing
- Pastorial
- Agricultural
- Horticulture
- Agriculture (grain, etc.)
- Surplus Societies
- Agriculture (grain, cash crops: cotton, tobacco, etc.)
- Industrial
- Mining
- Crafts
- Mechanization
- Post-industrial
- Distribution
- Gifts
- Ritual Exchange
- Egalitarian societies
- Reciprocal exchange (Abelam of New Guinea)
- Kaiko exchange (Maring of New Guinea)
- Generalized exchange (Te exchange: Enga of New Guinea)
- Societies with flexible rank
- Potlatch (Kwakiutl of Canada)
- Sagali, urigubu, kagasa (Trobriand Islanders)
- Kula exchange (exchange ring: Trobriand Islanders, etc.)
- Societies with fixed rank
- Feudal societies
- Caste societies
- Barter
- Buying and Selling
- Production driven—Marxism
- Consumption driven—Capitalism
- Consumption
- Simple
- Commodity
- Religious influence
- Gender influence
- Recontextualization
Adapted from Rosman and Rubel, chapter 8
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