Politics in the Neolithic era
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The nature of architecture, economy and society in the Neolithic Period does not provide reliable information from which some form of political organization at least before the Late Neolithic can be deduced.
During the early phases of the Neolithic, communities of at least 50-100 individuals were organized with the clan or extended family as the basic unit. A mixed farming and stock-rearing economy was practised and did not create any economic differentiation among the members of the community and subsequently any social stratification. The seals of the Early and the Middle Neolithic, which were initially regarded as symbols of ownership and authority after drawing a comparison with the seals of the Bronze Age, could not however have functioned as such in a farming community, and were probably used for the adornment of the body (tattoo).
From the Late Neolithic onwards, an increase in the number of settlements and differentiation in their architectural structure and form has been observed. The number of community members reached 100-300 individuals. The nuclear family was the social unit of the Neolithic community. The farming economy of the Late and Final Neolithic improved with the growth of exchange networks in the Aegean and the Balkans and specialization in production (pottery, jewellery of Spondylus sea-shell). These developments brought about changes in communal production and allowed new social values to develop. Examples of these were objects of social prestige, owned only by a few members of the settlement: leaf-shaped arrow heads of Melian obsidian, ring idol pendants, jewellery of gold and silver, jewellery of Spondylus sea-shell and copper tools.
The tendency to gather riches probably led from the Late Neolithic II, in particular however during the Final Neolithic, to the concentration of power in certain communities that may have played an important economic role in the wider area. Exchange networks of products (pottery, obsidian, metals), even if they were not particularly extensive, presupposes an organized participation of more communities. For this intra-settlement understanding some form of authority was essential in each settlement (intra-settlement organization), which was exercised by the oldest or ablest members of the communities and may have been passed on from one generation to the next. Ditches and stone enclosures that protected the settlements during the last Neolithic phases were communal works, which could only have been implemented with the co-ordination and the supervision of the ablest of the community.hope this helps it took much time please mark as brainliest answer