ANT 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Conflict Resolution, Cave Painting, Kleptocracy
15 Jan 2018
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*** know the difference between ethnography and ethnology. Anthropology fields & methods: ethnographic atlas, database used to investigate broad cultural patterning, cross- cultural comparison, compares the same feature between different societies, use data from ethnographic atlas and other sources. Hunter- gatherers: social organization, normally family units and visitors occasionally, everyone is considered equal. Early states: definition, basically a lot of tribes coming together to start urbanism, settlement and population (big and in city) urbanism , mesopotamia, nile valley, economy. Farmers : craft specialization markets , depends on huge surpluses of crafts and food, social structure. Its very hard for people to move outside of their own classes: why writing, writing allows people to keep records of things like taxes and records important for administration. Industrial revolution: what kind of society exists before the first revolution on the anthropology timeline, hunter gatherers, why are all the groups discussed represented at the right side of the timeline, see blackboard for the timelines.
