The Deep Symbolic Systems Model

This paper introduces the Deep Symbolic Systems Model (DSSM), a cognitive-archaeological framework proposing symbolic stabilization — rather than economic surplus or administrative innovation — as the precondition for institutional emergence. DSSM defines stabilization through four jointly necessary criteria and maps its development through four stages, from embodied familiarity to institutionalised civilisation.

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