## Biblio [Wikipedia: PIE Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European-society) [ie-connection: customs](https://www.indo-european-connection.com/religion/customs) [[hearn1879]] [[schaeffer1922]] [[lincoln1987c]] [[elmer2012]]ch2 ## Topics `+` godhood = [[folk-gods]] [[production]] [[social-structure-class-caste]] [[learned-classes]] [[law]] | [[crimes]] [[oath-taking-rituals]] [[ie-descent-founders]] ## Community as World Etymology of "World" Man's-Age ## Kinds of People [[learned-classes]] [[free-men]] [[slavery-serfdom]] [[prisoners-of-war]] [[debtors]] [[kin-family]] | [[guest-host]] ## Units - [[villages-city-cities-towns]] - [[tribe]] headed by [[chiefs]] (*wiḱpots*)These Chiefs would sponsor feats and ceremonies which included the performance of imoortalizing praise poetry. - [[patron-client]]