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Mirror for Humanity Ch.6 Vocab
Vocabulary from Chapter 6 of Conrad Kottak's Mirror for Humanity
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
12/12/2011

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Achieved Status
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Social standing that comes through choices, actions, efforts, talents, or accomplishments
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Age Set
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A non-kin association comprised of men born during a certain time span
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Ascribed Status
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Social standing that comes through no direct action of the individual
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Band
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Small kin-based group
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Big Man
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The regulator of regional political organization
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Caste Systems
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Chiefdom
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A form of sociopolitical; organization intermediate between the tribe and the state
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Conflict Resolution
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Methods of settling disputes
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Differential Access
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Fiscal
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Law
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A legal code with trial and enforcement
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Office
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A permanent political position which must be
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Open-class system
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Pantribal sodality
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Non-kin associations that extend across a whole tribe, spanning several villages
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Power
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Prestige
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Slavery
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Sociopolitical typology
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Labels like "band", "tribe", "chiefdom", and "state"
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State
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A form of sociopolitical organization based on a formal government structure
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Statuses
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The various positions that people occupy in society
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Stratification
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Subordinate
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Superordinate
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Tribe
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Societal groups based on non-intensive food production
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Vertical mobility
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Village head
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The leader of a village-based tribal society
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Wealth
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