Chapter 7 Flashcards
The co evolution of human society, language, and the human physical type that produced modern Homo Sapiens by at least 50,000
Sapienization
A technology of simple man tools and knowledge of natural environment produced enough food clothing and shelter for basic survival
Subsistence economy
Relations among individual organized into…. Kinbased subgroups … Along the line of marriage and family
Egalitarian
No authority… No head
Acephalous
An acephalous small scale society
Tribe
Worship of the powers that animate aspects of the of the universe important to the groups survival such as celestial bodies, geological features and ancestors
Animism
Process of creating scars through deliberate cutting of designs on the skins of young Ga’Anda preparing for marriage
Scarification
Acknowledging an individuals transition into a new role in society’
Life course rituals or rites of passages
Social structure organized… Self made man of influence raised own position of his peers
Big man
Social structure based on genealogical connection to a common ancestor
Descent groups
Religious specialist tool the form of healers who worked at diagnosing and healing and curbing natural diasters
Shamans
When a individual underwent a life course transitional ritual some forms of dress became permanent markers
Age grade
