ANT2100 Final Tested Exam Set
Questions & Revised Correct Detailed
Answers
1. Androcentric - ANSWER a perspective that focuses on what men do in
a society, to the exclusion of women
2. Examples of androcentric - ANSWER -hunting weaponry assumed to be
always male, plant collecting gear always female
-burials with atlals in the indian knoll site
3. The BaMbuti - ANSWER -live in the Ituri Forest of Central Africa and are
hunter gatherers
-nearly all exchange meat for agricultural produce with their neighbors the
Bantu(horticulturalists)
-Two kind of BaMbuti societies differ in hunting technology
4. Reconstructing male and female activities from archaeology - ANSWER -
for decades the field was male-dominated
-half of all professional archaeologists in the US today are women
5. Ceramics made by hand were - ANSWER women
6. Ceramics made by wheel were - ANSWER men
,7. The Maya remarkable art style was often depicted on (6 things) - ANSWER
stone stelae, polychrome, pottery, paintings, carvings, and codices
8. Gender in Maya Iconography - ANSWER -images commonly depict Maya
wearing intricate costumes
-Women are often portrayed weaving, preparing maize and serving food to others
-displays women wearing three distinctive dress styles
9. Cargo System - ANSWER -A system where a responsible married man is
selected to direct the ceremonial system
-Wife takes the title of "mother of" the mans named position
-men and women occupy complementary roles during the feasts of the cargo
system
-women shown on stelae are partners in marriage between royal families
10. Kinship - ANSWER -relationships through which indivi are related to one
another by ties of descent(real or imagined) and marriage
-Kin groupings condition the nature of relationships between indivi
11. A kinship system blends - ANSWER biological descent with cultural rules
that define some people as close kin and others as distant kin
12. Bilateral Descent - ANSWER -The standard kinship in North America, as
well as many other industrialized nations
- indivi traces his/hers relatives equally on mothers and fathers sides
, -the nuclear family is the important economic unit
13. Patrilineal Descent - ANSWER -nuclear family may constitute the
residential unit
-most important is the people who are related through the male line or
patrilineage
-make up about 60% of the worlds known societies
-associated with foragers, agricultural and pastoral societies and internal warfare
14. Matrilineal Descent - ANSWER -Trace their linage from the mothers
family
-These are rare, only about 10% of the worlds societies
-appear to be associated with horticulture(agriculture), long-distance hunting and
warfare with distant enemies
15. Lineages are sometime clustered into - ANSWER clans, a set of lineages
that claim to share a distant, sometime mythical, ancestor
16. Clans may be clustered into Moieties - ANSWER Which often perform
reciprocal ceremonial obligations for each other, such as burying the dead of the
other or holding feasts for one another
17. Ascribed status - ANSWER rights, duties, and obligations that accrue to a
person by inheritance
18. Achieved Status - ANSWER rights, duties, and obligations that accrue by
virtue of what a person accomplishes
Questions & Revised Correct Detailed
Answers
1. Androcentric - ANSWER a perspective that focuses on what men do in
a society, to the exclusion of women
2. Examples of androcentric - ANSWER -hunting weaponry assumed to be
always male, plant collecting gear always female
-burials with atlals in the indian knoll site
3. The BaMbuti - ANSWER -live in the Ituri Forest of Central Africa and are
hunter gatherers
-nearly all exchange meat for agricultural produce with their neighbors the
Bantu(horticulturalists)
-Two kind of BaMbuti societies differ in hunting technology
4. Reconstructing male and female activities from archaeology - ANSWER -
for decades the field was male-dominated
-half of all professional archaeologists in the US today are women
5. Ceramics made by hand were - ANSWER women
6. Ceramics made by wheel were - ANSWER men
,7. The Maya remarkable art style was often depicted on (6 things) - ANSWER
stone stelae, polychrome, pottery, paintings, carvings, and codices
8. Gender in Maya Iconography - ANSWER -images commonly depict Maya
wearing intricate costumes
-Women are often portrayed weaving, preparing maize and serving food to others
-displays women wearing three distinctive dress styles
9. Cargo System - ANSWER -A system where a responsible married man is
selected to direct the ceremonial system
-Wife takes the title of "mother of" the mans named position
-men and women occupy complementary roles during the feasts of the cargo
system
-women shown on stelae are partners in marriage between royal families
10. Kinship - ANSWER -relationships through which indivi are related to one
another by ties of descent(real or imagined) and marriage
-Kin groupings condition the nature of relationships between indivi
11. A kinship system blends - ANSWER biological descent with cultural rules
that define some people as close kin and others as distant kin
12. Bilateral Descent - ANSWER -The standard kinship in North America, as
well as many other industrialized nations
- indivi traces his/hers relatives equally on mothers and fathers sides
, -the nuclear family is the important economic unit
13. Patrilineal Descent - ANSWER -nuclear family may constitute the
residential unit
-most important is the people who are related through the male line or
patrilineage
-make up about 60% of the worlds known societies
-associated with foragers, agricultural and pastoral societies and internal warfare
14. Matrilineal Descent - ANSWER -Trace their linage from the mothers
family
-These are rare, only about 10% of the worlds societies
-appear to be associated with horticulture(agriculture), long-distance hunting and
warfare with distant enemies
15. Lineages are sometime clustered into - ANSWER clans, a set of lineages
that claim to share a distant, sometime mythical, ancestor
16. Clans may be clustered into Moieties - ANSWER Which often perform
reciprocal ceremonial obligations for each other, such as burying the dead of the
other or holding feasts for one another
17. Ascribed status - ANSWER rights, duties, and obligations that accrue to a
person by inheritance
18. Achieved Status - ANSWER rights, duties, and obligations that accrue by
virtue of what a person accomplishes
