ANT 111- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 46 pages long!)
13 Oct 2017
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Interracial and sexual relations were not illegal: parda- brown, part african descent) (mulatto) Ice less available: hunting harder, must adapt, horticulture, enough to support a local group, no surplus, swidden (slash and burn, can be destructive, grasslands replace forest, may also hunt, fish or raise animals. Imitative magic- imitating an action in a religious ritual will make it happen: voodoo. Informant/respondents/consultant/interlocutor/partner- a person whom anthropologists gather data from: key informants- well informed people. Indian wars until late 19th century in americas: epidemics, smallpox, tb, influenza, natives couldn"t resist because they were so sick in the americas, colonizing 19th century. Ice less available: hunting harder, must adapt, horticulture, enough to support a local group, no surplus, swidden (slash and burn) Northwest coast native americans: drive to produce more than needed, leveling mechanism- practice, value, or form of social organization that evens the wealth within a society.
