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Chapter One. The Material Background |
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territory ; hunting land, morung land |
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The territory of a village such as Wakching extended over a large area, and comprised virgin forest, cultivable land partly overgrown by secondary jungle, and wasteland unsuitable for economic use. Within that territory all members of the village community were entitled to hunt, irrespective of the rights of individuals to specific cultivable plots. Apart from the arable land which was privately owned, there were also some plots which belonged to particular men's houses, and such morung land was cultivated jointly by the members of the morung. |
