Why are the foraging San egalitarian in cultural practice and belief?

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1. Why are the foraging San egalitarian in cultural practice and

belief?

San people egalitarian in cultural practice and belief was cause by

their hostile living environment and their foraging society. Base on

egalitarian, the San society was develop with less social

stratification and sex stratification.

Since San lacked of wealth and property, everyone in their society was

equal and their social structure was base on Kinship bonds. The San

used to live in small family groups called band and they had their own

territory, the rights to use the land are inherited bilaterally. The

membership in the band is determine by family bonds and residency, and

the band don't have any chief political leader, but the people within

the band tend to listen to someone who gain respect and trust and who

lived with them for a long time. Within the band they share resources

to each other and since they are hunters and gatherers, they move

around in search of food and water resources. Sometime when resources