All of the following are associated with plow agriculture except
a decline in both polygyny and unilineal descent.
B. differential rights in divorce and sexuality for men and women.
C. an overall increase in the status of women as new production techniques called for female as well as male labor
D. a sharp contrast between the domestic and extradomestic realms
E. the isolation of women in nuclear family households
Ans: C. an overall increase in the status of women as new production techniques called for female as well as male labor
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Which statement about culture change is false?
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"Tells" are
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