Chapter 10: Chiefdoms
Anthropology 10109 with Patrick at University of Notre Dame
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By: Michael Nichols
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Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective (7th Edition)
Created: 2010-10-08
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adjudication
the settling of legal disputes through a formal, centralized authority
barter
the direct exchange of one commodity for another; it does not involve the use of money
chiefdom
a formalized and centralized political system led by a chief
chiefs
a person who owns, manages, and controls the basic productive factors of the economy and has privileged access to strategic luxury goods
hierarchical society
a society in which some people have greater access than others to wealth, rank, status, authority, and power
intensive horticulture
a method of crop production by irrigation, fertilizing, hoeing, and terracing hillsides
kula
a form of reciprocal exchange involving ceremonial items in the Trobriand islands
mana
the Polynesian term referring to supernaturally significant powers
office
a formal position of authority in a group or society
potlatch
a form of redistributional exchange found among many Northwest Native American groups
redistributed economic exchange
a system that involves the exchange of goods and resources through a centralized organization
regional symbiosis
the pattern in which a particular society resides in an ecological habitat divided into different resource areas that become interdependent
strata
groups of equivalent statuses based on ranked divisions in a society
sumptuary rules
cultural norms and practices used to differentiate the higher-status groups from the lower-status groups
tabu
the Polynesian term for a prohibition of specific behaviors
theocracies
a society in which people rule not because their worldly wealth and power but because of their place in the moral and sacred order
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By: Michael Nichols
Textbook: Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective (7th Edition)
Created: 2010-10-08
Size: 16 flashcards
Views: 36
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