Examine how marriage functions as a kind of group alliance, and determine what role lobola and dowries play in creating and maintaining marriage alliances.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

Anthropology & Archaeology

You might also like to view...

Entoptic phenomena are most typical of Upper Paleolithic art in what area?

a. Europe b. Africa c. China d. Australia e. Mexico

Anthropology & Archaeology

Women’s roles must always be compatible with pregnancy, breast-feeding, and childcare

a. True b. False

Anthropology & Archaeology

In the religious tradition of Taoism, the spiritual and material sources for the origins of humans are the opposite forces of yin (female) and yang (male)

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Anthropology & Archaeology

In nonhuman primates, the hormonally initiated period of sexual receptivity is

a. called sexual dimorphism. b. called sexual reciprocity. c. typical of males. d. called estrus. e. called adaptive radiation.

Anthropology & Archaeology