ANT 2000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Macroevolution, Kanji, Acculturation

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT 2000
• Professor: Ginessa Mahar

Document Summary

Exchange value vs. use value: exchange value- the exchange equivalent by which the commodity is compared to other objects on the market, use value- the usefulness of a commodity. Trobriander yam production: trobrianders are yam growers par excellence. Through slash-and-burn technology, large yam harvests are produced once a year. Taro, sweet potatoes, bananas, sugarcane, leafy greens, beans, tapioca, squashes, coconuts, and areca palms are also grown. External conflicts (with examples: settling internal disputes, every political system charged with maintaining order. In western societies, punitive justice based on set legal code most common: not compensate the victim but rather to assign and punish guilt. In small-scale non-western societies, goal is maintaining social harmony rather than assigning and punishing guilt: external conflicts and warfare, political relationship between group involving threats or use of violence, including lethal force. Involves organized collectivities rather than individuals: varies widely in scale, reasons for warfare, defense, conquest, competition for scarce resources.