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Which subsistence strategy involves the periodic movement of groups to satellite camps based on resource availability?
Which subsistence strategy involves the periodic movement of groups to satellite camps based on resource availability?
- Pastoral nomadism utilizing satellite camps (correct)
- Slash and burn horticulture
- Industrial agriculture with centralized distribution
- Intensive agriculture
According to Elman Service's concept of politics, what is the primary focus of political systems?
According to Elman Service's concept of politics, what is the primary focus of political systems?
- Maintaining social order and resolving conflict through established procedures (correct)
- Promoting religious uniformity and suppressing dissent
- Negotiating trade agreements with neighboring groups
- Accumulating wealth and resources for the elite individuals.
Which of the following is an example of ascribed status?
Which of the following is an example of ascribed status?
- Becoming a successful entrepreneur
- Being appointed to a political office
- Earning a college degree
- Inheriting a title or position at birth (correct)
What is considered to be one of the key characteristics used to identify early attempts at plant domestication in the archaeological record?
What is considered to be one of the key characteristics used to identify early attempts at plant domestication in the archaeological record?
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Neolithic period?
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Neolithic period?
What is the primary function of a descent group?
What is the primary function of a descent group?
What distinguishes a clan from a lineage?
What distinguishes a clan from a lineage?
In anthropology, what does the term 'gender' primarily refer to?
In anthropology, what does the term 'gender' primarily refer to?
Which of the following is an example of a rite of intensification?
Which of the following is an example of a rite of intensification?
In the context of the World System Theory, what role does the 'periphery' play?
In the context of the World System Theory, what role does the 'periphery' play?
Flashcards
Subsistence Strategies
Subsistence Strategies
Methods societies use to obtain food and resources.
Carrying Capacity
Carrying Capacity
Maximum population size an environment can sustain.
Achieved Status
Achieved Status
Social position gained through skills or accomplishments.
Neolithic Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
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Endogamy
Endogamy
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Polygamy
Polygamy
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Cisgender
Cisgender
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Ritual
Ritual
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Core, Semi-periphery, Periphery
Core, Semi-periphery, Periphery
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Cultural Imperialism
Cultural Imperialism
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Study Notes
Subsistence Strategies
- Four subsistence strategies discussed: slash and burn/swidden horticulture, carrying capacity, and economics (reciprocity, redistribution, market).
Politics
- Service's concept of politics
- Anthropological study of politics (achieved status, bigman/headman, Weber's concepts of stratification, simple/complex chiefdom)
First Farmers
- Natufian culture
- Domestication
- Broad-spectrum revolution
- Artificial selection
Cities and States
- Criteria for a state (according to Fagan)
- Çatalhöyük (structures, burials, importance)
- Indus River Valley
- Great Zimbabwe
- Archaeological evidence of urban centers
- Potential causes of state formation
Kinship and Descent
- Nuclear family
- Family of orientation/procreation
- Consanguines
- Unilineal Descent
- Lineage, patrilineage, matrilineage
- Nonunilineal descent groups; clan, bilateral descent
- Residence (patrilocal, matrilocal, neolocal)
- Monogamy, polygyny, polyandry (regular and fraternal)
- Parallel/cross-cousin affines
- Endogamy/exogamy/incest taboo
- Arranged marriages; dowry, lobola, bride service, female exchanges, levirate/sororate
Social Identity/Gender
- Distinction between sex (biology) and gender (culture)
- Gender stereotypes
- Third genders
- Roles in patrilineal/matrilineal societies
- Gender identity
- Sexual dimorphism
- Gender roles/stratification
- Domestic/public dichotomy
- Cisgender/intersex
- Sexual orientation
Belief Systems
- Durkheim's concepts of sacred/profane
- Tylor's stages of religion (animism, polytheism, monotheism)
- Anthropomorphic/naturalistic/totemistic concepts
- Magic, ritual, rite of passage, revitalization movement
- Social control of religion (zoomorphic, anthropopsychic, mana)
World System
- Capital, Columbian exchange, industrial revolution, colonialism/imperialism, post-colonialism
- Core-Periphery model( Core, Semi-periphery, Periphery); monocropping, bourgeoisie/proletariat, role of Britain and France in colonization
- Intervention philosophy
- Development, medical, and business anthropology
- Globalization, anthropogenic effect, cultural imperialism
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