Assertion: ritual | /r/CapableOf | distribute local surpluses of pig
Facets:
value: in the form of pork
type: OTHER
value: throughout the regional population
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Rappaport concluded that ritual, "...helps to maintain an undegraded environment, limits fighting to frequencies which do not endanger the existence of regional population, adjusts man-land ratios, facilitates trade, distributes local surpluses of pig throughout the regional population in the form of pork, and assures people of high quality protein when they are most in need of it".