ANTH 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Communal Land, Land Law, Socioeconomic Status
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Individuals that have higher levels of social stress are more likely to contract. Working with populations: 2 indigenous groups (native americans in mexico) - been in mexico for a lengthy time, 1 mestizo group (mixture of european and indigenous ancestry) Horticulturalists - slash/burn agriculture; producing food on a small scale) Producing food that they need to just eat. D group- intensive agriculture (utilizing animals for plowing) Producing a surplus (potential to generate more income: appearance - typically of darker skin tone (social stigmatization, land rights. Communal land resources - land in which the entire community is responsible (no single individual owns a part of the land - sharing of natural resources) Those individuals who have private land and individuals who do not (around the time of colonization) Families who descended from those who was allied with the spanish crown. Are usually less socially stigmatized, lighter skin tones: cultural context - cargo system (civil religious hierarchy)
