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Kottak 6-8
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
03/07/2012

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Term
Band
Definition
small kin-based group: all members are related by kin or marriage: foragers
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Tribe
Definition
economies based on non-intensive food production (horticulture and pastoralism)
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Chiefdom 
Definition
Between a tribe and a State: they feature differential access to resources
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Differential Access
Definition
some poeple in a society have more power, wealth, and prestuge and therefore have more access to resources
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Pantribal Sodalities
Definition
groups that extend across the whole tribe, spanning several villages. ex: army among the villagers
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Neolocality
Definition
Get marrried, go live in your own house
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Endogomay and Exogomy
Definition
Marrying within/out social group
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India's Caste System
Definition
ranking system for marriage
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Dowry
Definition
paid by wife's family to husbands family
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Bridewealth
Definition
from husbands family to wife's family
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Polygyny
Definition
man has many wives
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Polyandry
Definition
woman has many husbands
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levirate
Definition
a wife marries the brother of her deceased husband
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Sororate
Definition
man marries the sister of his deceased wife
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Sexual Dimorphism
Definition
differences in male and female biology besides the breasts and genitals
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Gender Roles vs Gender Stereotypes vs. gender stratification
Definition

Roles: tasks and activities a culture assigns to the sexes

Stereotypes: oversimplified but strongly held ideas about the characteristics of males and females

Stratification: unequal distribution of rewards (resources, power, prestige, rights, freedoms) between men and women, reflecting their different positions in a hierarchy

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Domestic Public Dichotomy
Definition
strong differentitation between home and the outside world
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