2. Describe the role of women in horticultural societies
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In early horticultural societies women were the ones who managed and held the garden plots and passed them on from generation to generation. Often such women exercised authoritative political power in the community. They were the ones who were the leaders of these "tribes", knowing when it was right to move and when the fields were depleted.
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