Levistrauss's Seasonal Patterns in the Paleolithic

In the summer, innuit disberses into bands of roughly 20 or 30 people to pursue fresh water fish, caribou and reindeer. During this period, property was possessively ed,. patriarchs exercised coercive and sometimes even tyrannical power over their kin. But in the long winter months, when seals and walrus flocked to the arctic shore, there was a dramatic reversal. Then init gathered together to build great meeting houses of wood, whale rib and stone. Within these houses, virtues of equality, altruism and collective life vailed. Wealth was shared, and husbands and wives exchanged partners under the egis of sedna, the goddess of the sea. To