Kinship And Family

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Corvée

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A system of required labor; characteristic of ancient states

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Arable land

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Land suitable for cultivation

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Fraternal polyandry

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An uncommon form of plural marriage in which a woman is married to two or more brothers at one time

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Monogamy

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Marriage between one man and one woman at a given time

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Nuclear family

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A basic social grouping consisting of a husband and wife and their children, typical of societies with monogamous marriages with the family living at a distance from the parents of the husband and wife

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Population pressure

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The situation of population growth in a limited geographical area causing a decline in food production and resources and sometimes triggering technological change

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Primogeniture

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A rule of inheritance in which the homestead is passed down to the first born (male) child

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Multiple paternity

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The concept, occurring in several South American cultures, that every man who has intercourse with a woman during her pregnancy contributes to the formation of the child; therefore, a child may have multiple fathers

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Paleoanthropology

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The study of human fossils remains

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Hypothesis

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A tentative assumption or proposition about the relationships between specific events or phenomena, tentatively set forth as a “target” to be tested

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Informant

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A member of society who has established a working relationship with an anthropological field-worker and who provides information about the culture; the subject of intensive interviewing

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Kinship

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A network of culturally recognized relationships amount individuals, either through affinity or consanguineal ties

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Socialization

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The development, through the influence of parents and others, of patterns of thought and behavior in children that conform to beliefs and values of a particular culture.

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Sociolinguistics

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A sub field of anthropology linguistics emphasizing the study of the social correlates to variations in speech patterns

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Status

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Position in the social system that is characterized by certain rights, obligations, expected behaviors (roles), and certain social symbols

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Ritual

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A set of acts, usually involving religion or magic, following a sequence established by tradition

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Rites of passage

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Religious rituals that mark important changes in individual status or social position at different points in the life cycle, such as birth, marriage, or death

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Kinship systems

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A network of culturally recognized relationships among individuals, either through affinial or consanguineal ties

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Cultural mediation

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The social process through which someone learns or acquirers the normative, shared behaviors and knowledge of a particular group or population