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mk · 709 days ago · link · · parent · post: Is an unknown, extraordinarily ancient civilisation buried under eastern Turkey?
2) Tribal gatherings grow unwieldy enough that they require management and support year-round 3) year-round management and support requires agriculture and taxes 4) year-round managers grow pointy hair, lord themselves over the hunter-gatherers 5) Hunter-gatherers decide they're sick of the pointy-haired managers, call off civilization, convene next year's party somewhere else Burning Man.1) tribes gather at regular intervals to party, trade, fuck, dance, settle feuds and otherwise maintain the stability of individual tribes within a larger network of tribal culture