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SUMMARY:The Social Stratification of Ur III Umma - Dr Andrew Pottorf
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CONTACT:Megan Hinks
DESCRIPTION:The social stratification of the Ur III society has been debat
 ed for about a century\, particularly between Soviet Marxist and Weberian 
 and other non-Marxist scholars. This presentation utilizes a Weberian stra
 tification model relying upon native status groups (Stände)\, also known 
 as orders\, and theoretical economic classes based on property. The orders
  were a majority of free citizens\, a moderate minority of serflike UN-il2
  (“menials”)\, and a smaller minority of enslaved people. The upper cl
 ass was composed of only the wealthiest citizens\, the middle class includ
 ed most of the remaining citizens and the few wealthiest UN-il2\, whereas 
 the lower class consisted of the poorest citizens\, the remaining UN-il2\,
  and all enslaved people. Only citizens experienced a substantial amount o
 f economic autonomy or freedom\, and everyone in the upper and middle clas
 ses were generally stable economically. Based on this Weberian stratificat
 ion model\, the majority of the population was legally and economically fr
 ee\, whereas the Soviet Marxist scholars contended that the majority was a
 t least economically unfree\, if not also legally unfree. In order to supp
 ort these assertions\, this presentation focuses on datasets from the prov
 ince of Umma relating to various mandatory and voluntary employment arrang
 ements and their compensations.
LOCATION:McDonald Seminar Room\, Department of Archaeology
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