ANT 185 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Margaret Mead, Michael Rockefeller, Commodity Fetishism
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N!ai, the story of a !kung woman the government tried to help them out by settling them, in reality it hurt them their diet went from about 90 different plants to just cornmeal. Hunter-gatherer society in the 1950s, the men hunted and the women gathered. The new lifestyle caused problems with possession, ex. Main idea: primary source of hunter-gatherer society. Was made in 1962 by robert gardner & michael rockefeller. Comes from their myth of race between a snake and a bird. A (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s weapo(cid:374) a(cid:374)d or(cid:374)a(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts lost i(cid:374) battle are dead birds this myth is their justification of death. She wanted to see the communities attitudes towards sexuality. Stress came from nurture rather than nature. We have the ability to change society. Was criticized that her studies were not scientific. Polyandry females have multiple mates at one time, males do not.