The Relationship Between the Individual Versus the Community

Is there a sense that there was a different perception of the individual verses the community in pre history? And was it more more pfox on community, nd an, the long story protecting a lineage, perhaps. I think we get very good idea of the relationship of the individual to the community if you examine burials in long barrows. These are mounds of earth with a central chamber. And bones are very often placed in side chambers off a central chamber or passage. They played important part in providing social stability and cement that held the community together. Andyoknow, if when you returned john smith to the barrow, he was missing his big too bad. You knowit