Wealth of nomads – an exploratory analysis of livestock inequality in the Saami reindeer husbandry

Abstract The evolution of political complexity is a perennial issue in humanities and social sciences. While social inequality is pervasive in contemporary human societies, there is a view that livestock, as the primary source of wealth, limits the development of inequalities, making pastoralism una...

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Main Authors: Marius Warg Næss, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023-11-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02316-3