What is the difference between matrilineal and patrilinealdescent?
What will be an ideal response?
A lineage is a unilineal descent group whose members can actually trace how they are related; in matrilineal descent, the primary kinship relationship is traced through the mother, while in patrilineal it is traced through the father.
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Which of the following is associated with horticultural systems of cultivation?
A. Intensive use of land and human labor B. Irrigation and terracing C. Use of draft animals D. Location in arid areas E. Slash-and-burn techniques
On what three dimensions do societies differ in their political organization?
What will be an ideal response?
Gender differences among tropical and semitropical foragers shows that
A. there is no sex-based division of labor. B. women never take part in hunting. C. the status of women is much lower than it is among northern foragers like the Inuit. D. women's work usually contributes more to the diet than does men's work; consequently, there is less gender stratification. E. the distinction between public and domestic spheres of activity is much sharper than it is in most horticultural societies.
Cultural resource management may involve very contemporary archaeological sites
a. True b. False