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Cannibalistic Native Brazilians
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
10/21/2010

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Redistribution
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Collection of products and valuables by a central authority, followed by distribution according to some normative or legal principle.
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Monogamy
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In which every individual is allowed only one spouse.
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Woman-woman marriage
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Among the nuer and nundi (kenya)
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Clan
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Unilineal descent groups whose members believe they are descended from a common ancestor through either the male line or the female line
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Nuclear family
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A married couple and their unmarried children.
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Market exchange
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Example: Person A possesses goods that person B wants to acquire; B acquires the goods by giving A whatever the amount of money both A and B agree on; A then uses the money to acquire more goods from other people.
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Polygyny
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A man takes more than one wife
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Kindred
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Consists of all people that specific person recognizes as relatives through both sides of the family
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Extended family
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Culturally recognized relatives of varying degrees of distance.
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Affine
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Polyandry
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In which one woman is allowed multiple husbands.
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Bride price
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Parallel cousins
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Consanguine
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Levirate
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A widow marries her deceased husbands brother or a close relative.
Security for wife and kids.
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Bride service
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The groom works for brides family after marriage for a certain amount of time.
Kung and Yanamanomo
Gives the young wife to know the groom while living with her family.
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Cross cousins (matrilateral/patrilateral)
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Exogamy
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Sororate
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A widower marries his deceased wife's sister or a close relative.
Preserves the affinal relationship previously created.
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Dowry
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The family of a woman transfers a portion of its own wealth or property to the woman (their daughter) and/or to her husband and his family.
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Endogamy
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Ghost marriage
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Stupid africans
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Lineage
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Internalized/externalized ("sanction") social controls
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