ANTA02H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Unilineality, Nuclear Family, Culture Change
Document Summary
Sedentary: a mode of livelihood characterized by permanent or semi-permanent settlements. Progress: the idea that human history is the story of a steady advance from a life dependent on the whims of nature to a life of control and domination over natural forces. Culture change: the changes in meanings that people ascribe to experience and changed in their way of life. Bands: a term used by anthropologist to refer to egalitarian units of social organization, found mostly among foragers that usually consist of fewer than 100 people. Slash-and-burn (swidden) agriculture: a mode of livelihood in which forests are cleared by burning trees and brush, and crops are planted among the ashes of the cleared ground. Clans: a unilineal descent group whose members claim descent from a common ancestor. State: a form of society characterized by a hierachial ranking of people and centralized political control.
