ANT 2100 test 3 with correct answers
achieved status - Answers -rights duties and obligations that accrue to a person by
virtue of what he or she has accomplished in life
androcentric - Answers -a perspective that focuses on what men do in a society, to the
exclusion of women
Berdaches - Answers -Among Plains Indian societies, men who elected to live life as
women; they were recognized by their group as a third gender.
bilateral kinship - Answers -a system in which individuals trace their descent through
both parents
cargo system - Answers -part of the social organization found in many Central American
communities in which a wealthy individual is named to carry out and bear the cost of
important religious ceremonies throughout the year
Chiefdom - Answers -A regional polity in which two or more local groups are organized
under a single chief, who is at the head of a ranked hierarchy of people.
clan - Answers -a group of matri- or patrilineages who see themselves as descended
from a (sometimes mythical) common ancestor
Codices - Answers -Book-like manuscripts that replaced scrolls
direct acquisition - Answers -A form of trade in which a person or group goes to the
source area of an item to procure the raw material directly or to trade for it or finished
products.
down-the-line trade - Answers -an exchange system in which goods are traded outward
from a source area from group to group, resulting in a steady decline in the item's
abundance in archaeological sites farther from the source
egalitarian - Answers -believing in the social and economic equality of all people
Gender - Answers -the socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture
defines male and female
gender ideologies - Answers -attitudes toward men's and women's roles
, gender roles - Answers -sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one's status
as male or female
kinship system - Answers -Blends biological descent with cultural rules that define some
people as close kin and others as distant kin
moiety - Answers -each of two social or ritual groups into which a people is divided,
especially among Australian Aboriginal people and some North American Indians. often
perform reciprocal ceremonial obligations for each other
political organization - Answers -a society's formal and informal institutions that regulate
a population's collective acts
ranked society - Answers -a group in which wealth is not stratified but prestige and
status are
social organization - Answers -the rules and structures that govern relationships within a
group of interacting people
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex - Answers -An assortment of ceremonial objects
that occurs in the graves of high-status Mississippian individuals. Ritual exchange of
these artifacts crosscut the boundaries of many distinctive local cultures.
State - Answers -An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established
government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.
Stelae - Answers -large memorial pillars to commemorate triumphs and events in the
lives of Maya rulers.
tribe - Answers -a social group made up of families or clans
unilineal descent - Answers -the tracing of descent through only one parent
William Webb - Answers -(1882-1964) excavated hundreds of burials at the Indian Knoll
site in western Kentucky. How did Webb explain the presence of hunting weapons in
the graves of women and children at the site
band - Answers -small, mobile settlements, gather seasonally, fluid membership,
nuclear families, age and gender social groups
_________ of all professional archaeologists in the U.S. today are women - Answers -
half
ceramics made by hand were probably made by __________ - Answers -women
achieved status - Answers -rights duties and obligations that accrue to a person by
virtue of what he or she has accomplished in life
androcentric - Answers -a perspective that focuses on what men do in a society, to the
exclusion of women
Berdaches - Answers -Among Plains Indian societies, men who elected to live life as
women; they were recognized by their group as a third gender.
bilateral kinship - Answers -a system in which individuals trace their descent through
both parents
cargo system - Answers -part of the social organization found in many Central American
communities in which a wealthy individual is named to carry out and bear the cost of
important religious ceremonies throughout the year
Chiefdom - Answers -A regional polity in which two or more local groups are organized
under a single chief, who is at the head of a ranked hierarchy of people.
clan - Answers -a group of matri- or patrilineages who see themselves as descended
from a (sometimes mythical) common ancestor
Codices - Answers -Book-like manuscripts that replaced scrolls
direct acquisition - Answers -A form of trade in which a person or group goes to the
source area of an item to procure the raw material directly or to trade for it or finished
products.
down-the-line trade - Answers -an exchange system in which goods are traded outward
from a source area from group to group, resulting in a steady decline in the item's
abundance in archaeological sites farther from the source
egalitarian - Answers -believing in the social and economic equality of all people
Gender - Answers -the socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture
defines male and female
gender ideologies - Answers -attitudes toward men's and women's roles
, gender roles - Answers -sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one's status
as male or female
kinship system - Answers -Blends biological descent with cultural rules that define some
people as close kin and others as distant kin
moiety - Answers -each of two social or ritual groups into which a people is divided,
especially among Australian Aboriginal people and some North American Indians. often
perform reciprocal ceremonial obligations for each other
political organization - Answers -a society's formal and informal institutions that regulate
a population's collective acts
ranked society - Answers -a group in which wealth is not stratified but prestige and
status are
social organization - Answers -the rules and structures that govern relationships within a
group of interacting people
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex - Answers -An assortment of ceremonial objects
that occurs in the graves of high-status Mississippian individuals. Ritual exchange of
these artifacts crosscut the boundaries of many distinctive local cultures.
State - Answers -An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established
government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.
Stelae - Answers -large memorial pillars to commemorate triumphs and events in the
lives of Maya rulers.
tribe - Answers -a social group made up of families or clans
unilineal descent - Answers -the tracing of descent through only one parent
William Webb - Answers -(1882-1964) excavated hundreds of burials at the Indian Knoll
site in western Kentucky. How did Webb explain the presence of hunting weapons in
the graves of women and children at the site
band - Answers -small, mobile settlements, gather seasonally, fluid membership,
nuclear families, age and gender social groups
_________ of all professional archaeologists in the U.S. today are women - Answers -
half
ceramics made by hand were probably made by __________ - Answers -women
