Anthropology

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Three culturally varying ways to intensify labor are to increase speed and efficiency, to increase ... Started by urbanoutfitters	1 Replies 50 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by bobsmith
The attitude of many African pastoralist societies toward cattle can best be explained by the fact ... Started by colton	1 Replies 58 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by Eunice618
Economic anthropologists who subscribe to the formalist view A) believe that the concept of ... Started by silviawilliams41	1 Replies 61 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by durant1234
An important consequence of the general increase in private ownership of land and resources is A) ... Started by brutforce	3 Replies 94 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by juwms
In socialist countries, A) many capital goods are owned by the state. B) capital goods are ... Started by Chelseaamend	1 Replies 104 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by bd5255
Johnson found that in a New Guinea community where coffee was grown as a cash crop, success in ... Started by EY67	1 Replies 77 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by jaymee143
In the productive strategies of traditional agrarian societies, A) the most important variable is ... Started by Hungry!	1 Replies 73 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by janeli1
In corporate land holding systems, A) planting and harvesting is done collectively and the ... Started by JGIBBSON	1 Replies 58 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by rleezy04
Comparing different societies in terms of average number of hours in a day that people spend ... Started by RYAN BANYAN	1 Replies 62 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by kswal303
An example of generalized reciprocity is A) meat sharing among the Ju/'hoansi. B) gift giving at ... Started by cdr_15	1 Replies 72 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by todom5090
Redistributive exchange is most likely to appear in A) pastoral societies, because cattle can be ... Started by penza	1 Replies 63 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by ecabral0
In many societies, instead of borrowing money from a bank, which requires formal assurances of ... Started by craiczarry	3 Replies 73 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by Qarqy
According to Richard Lee, the average Dobe Ju/'hoansi adult spends only fifteen hours a week ... Started by lidoalex	1 Replies 76 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by nyrave
Since modern foragers obtain their food in much the same way as prehistoric peoples did 40,000 years ... Started by faduma	1 Replies 66 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by rnehls
Meat is the food staple for most hunting-gathering groups living in temperate or tropical regions. ... Started by saraeharris	1 Replies 83 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by s.meritte
As a result of trade with outsiders, Baffin Island Eskimos increased the carbohydrates in their ... Started by a0266361136	1 Replies 125 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by morganmarie791
Swidden, or slash-and-burn, agriculture increases the energy that a given unit of land produces for ... Started by mp14	1 Replies 101 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by bhavsar
The Yanomam live in A) Brazil and Venezuela. B) Java and Borneo. C) Uruguay and Paraguay. D) ... Started by ashley	1 Replies 89 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by bhavsar
Yanomam subsistence depends mainly on A) their wheat crop. B) domesticated foods, especially ... Started by Hungry!	1 Replies 136 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by fur
Headmen among the Yanomam A) rule through divine right. B) inherit their position through right ... Started by skymedlock	3 Replies 54 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by kaykay69
Yanomam marriage rules specify that a man must choose a wife A) from a group of women he calls ... Started by tiffannnnyyyyyy	1 Replies 82 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by wergv
According to Chagnon, the reason that the Yanomam give for the frequent conflicts among villages is ... Started by jparksx	1 Replies 61 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by TDubDCFL
Each society has rules that determine its spheres of exchange, that is what mode of exchange applies ... Started by rayancarla1	1 Replies 77 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by Bsand8
The basic unit of production and consumption in horticultural societies is A) the household. B) ... Started by jparksx	1 Replies 88 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by jessofishing
European colonists to North America imitated the Indians by adopting A) the same ancestral ... Started by luminitza	1 Replies 96 Views	Jul 10, 2018 by Tabitha_2016