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Re:Ancient Eastern European mega-sites: a social levelling c... by logicchains on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @05:47AM (#40364880)
>For this matter, what's the point in having a huge village? I can only see protection against warfare and forcing fairness in social interactions and on the matchmaking market.

Division of labour/economies of scale are fundamental to human quality of life improvements. Even without much technology/industry, there's still a lot to gain from division of labour.

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Re:Ancient Eastern European mega-sites: a social levelling c... by mihaic on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @06:14AM (#40365022)
This was a very egalitarian society, with basic needs. All the benefits from division of labour and trade you already get when your society has a few hundred individuals, and it doesn't give you any incentive to grow as large as these mega-sites were.
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