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What is adaptation?How do humans adapt?
What sorts of adaptation have humans achieved through the ages?
Adaptation
The Unit Of Adaptation Evolutionary Adaptation
Culture Areas
Important Scholar: Julian Steward 1902 - 1972
Culture CoreThe Food-Foraging Way Of Life
Characteristics Of The Food-Foraging Life The Impact Of Food-Foraging On Human Society
Subsistence and Gender Food Sharing
Cultural Adaptations And Material Technology
Egalitarian Society
Food Producing Society
The Settled Life Of Farmers
Original Study: Gardens Of The Mekranoti Kayapo
Pastoralism: The Bakhtiari Intensive Agriculture & Non-Industrial Cities
Aztec City Life Anthropology Applied: Agricultural Development And The Anthropologist
Non-Industrial Cities In The Modern World
| 150 | adaptation | |
| 150 | horticulture | |
| 152 | ecosystem | |
| 154 | convergent evolution | |
| 154 | parallel evolution | |
| 154 | culture area | |
| 155 | *culture type | |
| 156 | cultural ecology | |
| 156 | culture core | |
| 157 | ethnoscientists | |
| 160 | carrying capacity | |
| 160 | density of social relations | |
| 176 | swidden farming | |
| 170 | pastoralist | |
| 171 | transhumance | |
| 177 | preindustrial cities |
How do anthropologists study economic systems?How do the economies of nonindustrial peoples work?
How and why are goods exchanged in nonindustrial societies?
Economic Anthropology
Resources
Patterns Of Labor
Sexual Division Of Labor Age Division Of Labor
Cooperation
Craft Specialization
Control Of Land Technology
Leveling Mechanisms
Distribution And Exchange
Reciprocity The Kula Ring Barter And Trade
Redistribution
Distribution Of Wealth
Original Study: Prestige Economics In Papua New Guinea Market Exchange
Economics, Culture, And The World Of Business
Anthropology Applied: Anthropology And The World Of Business
| 190 | technology: | |
| 191 | leveling mechanism: | |
| 192 | reciprocity: | |
| 193 | generalized reciprocity: | |
| 193 | balanced reciprocity: | |
| 194 | negative reciprocity: | |
| 194 | silent trade: | |
| 197 | redistribution: | |
| 198 | conspicuous consumption: | |
| 202 | market exchange | |
| 203 | money | |
| 204 | informal economy |
What is political organization?How is order maintained within a society?
How is order maintained between societies?
How do political systems obtain peoples allegiance?
Kinds Of Political Systems
Uncentralized Political Systems
Band Organization Tribal Organization
Kinship Organization Age-Grade Organization
Association Organization
Centralized Political Systems
Chiefdoms State Systems
Political Leadership And GenderPolitical Organization And The Maintenance Of Order
Internalized Controls Externalized Controls
Original Study: Limits On Power In Bedouin SocietySocial Control Through Law
Definition Of Law Functions Of Law
Crime
Anthropology Applied: Dispute Resolution And The Anthropologist Political Organization And External Affairs
War Political Systems And The Question Of Legitimacy\
Religion And Politics
| 326 | band | |
| 328 | tribe | |
| 331 | segmentary lineage system | |
| 333 | chiefdom | |
| 335 | state | |
| 335 | nation | |
| 339 | cultural control | |
| 339 | social control | |
| 340 | sanctions | |
| 341 | law | |
| 347 | negotiation | |
| 347 | mediation | |
| 347 | adjudication | |
| 352 | worldviews |
Tsembaga of Papua New Guineasickle-cell anemia
Cheyenne, Great Plains, USA
Comanche, Great Plains, USA
Great Plains groups
Shoshone, Great Basin, USA
Paiute, Great Basin, USA
Julian Steward: cultural ecology
Ju/hoansi, Kalahari Desert, Africa: hunting/gathering
Gururumba, Papua New Guinea
Mekranoti Kayapo, Papua New Guinea
Bakhtiari, Zagros Mts., Iran: pastoralists
Cusichaca Trust, Patacacha Valley, Andes Mts., Peru
Aztec, Mexico, North America
Trobriand Islanders: yam raising
Maya, Guatemala/Mexico: cargo systems
Ju/'hoansi, Kalahari Desert, Africa: generalized reciprocity
Crow (Absaroke) Indians, USA: balanced reciprocity
Trobriand Islanders: Kula Ring
Enga, Papua New Guinea: Big Man
distinction between government vs. political organization
Ju/'hoansi, Kalahari Desert, Africa: band organization
Kapauku, Papua New Guinea: Big Man (tonowi)
Nuer, Africa: segmentary lineages, leopard-skin chiefs
Tiriki, Africa: age grade associations
Cheyenne, Great Plains, USA: warrior societies
Kpelle, Liberia, Africa: chiefdoms
distinction between nation vs. state
Swazi, Africa: dual monarchy
Igbo, Nigeria, Africa: role of women as leaders
Iroquois, USA: role of women as leaders
Wape, Papua New Guinea: use of internal sanctions for social control
Awlad Ali Bedouins, Egypt: Original Study (focus on use of language for power)
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