Polygamy:
a. has been permitted in a majority of the world's cultures.
b. must be endogamous.
c. never includes group marriage.
d. must be exogamous.
A
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Which of the following types of societies are most associated with gender egalitarianism?
a. hunting and gathering b. horticultural c. pastoral d. agrarian e. industrial
Redistribution differs from reciprocity in that:
a. reciprocity is only found in egalitarian societies; redistribution occurs everywhere. b. redistribution requires transactions using money; reciprocity does not. c. redistribution requires a third party or intermediary between giver and receiver; reciprocity does not. d. redistribution is an economic exchange; reciprocity is not.
What historical and social difficulties do anthropologists face as they study human sexuality?
What will be an ideal response?
What method(s) did Vernon Knight use to help reconstruct Moundville's social organization?
a. He analyzed exotic burial goods and reconstructed the trade routes people would have used to acquire the high status items. b. He analyzed the grave goods of commoners in order to ascertain what types of resources were available to them. c. He analyzed Moundville's layout and compared it to ethnographic data on Chickasaw kinship systems and residential patterns. d. He found ethnographic interviews in which the Chickasaw descendents of the Moundville culture described various aspects of their ancestors' social system. e. He used x-ray fluorescence (XRF) on the material remains.