ANT2100 Intro to Archaeology Test 4, FSU Questions and Answers 100% Pass

ANT2100 Intro to Archaeology Test 4, FSU Questions and Answers 100% Pass "Historical archaeology is the Handmaiden to History" - Nole Hume What is a totem pole an example of? - A sacred object/ object of cultural patrimony under NAGPRA "Pork is the top food of choice in the Antebellum _________" - Upland south Symbol - An object that stands for something else, visual representations of an idea, What do you do as a regular person when you find an unmarked burial? - Call law enforcement What do you do as a professional archaeologist if you find an unmarked human burial? - Determine if it is recent or +75 years old. If recent call law enforcement, if old enough call State Archaeologist Moiety - often perform reciprocated ceremonial obligations to each other, such as burying the dead of the others or hosting feasts 2Disclaimer: Original Content, No Copyright Infringement, All Rights Reserved © 2025 What are three key components of human societies - Gender, Kinship and Social Status Sex - Biologically determined, iherited Gender - Socially determined, culturally constructed ideas about sex differences Gender roles - activities that males or females perform, or are allowed to participate in, prescribed by their cultural groups (social, economic, and political groups) What does it mean to be a person with two spirits? - In some Plains Indian tribes, two-spirits were males who chose to live as women, performing womenʼs roles in society Gender Ideology - culturally determined roles for male or female How might we distinguish gender in the archaeological record? - What is kinship - socially recognized/ culturally constructed networks of relationships based on marriage and descent kinship grouping - the type of relationship individuals have between eachother ex. close family, extended family 3Disclaimer: Original Content, No Copyright Infringement, All Rights Reserved © 2025 What are kinship systems? - blends biological and descent with cultural rules that define some people as close or some as distant Bilateral descent - standard kinship type in north america and other industrialized nations, trace family through mother and father- nuclear family is most important economic unit Matrilineal descent - traces relatives through female lineage (10% of groups ethnographically) associated with horticulture, long distance hunting and/or warfare with distant enemies Patrilineal descent - lineage is on father's side How can we study kinship descent in the archaeological record? - ethnographically bilocal - newly weds live wherever, not tied to grooms village or brides village bc they are equally related to both sides patrilocal - newly married couple lives in groom's village because they are related to that side of the family -houses less than 60 meters suqared matrilocal - newly married couple lives in brides village bc they trace lineage through that side of the family 4Disclaimer: Original Content, No Copyright Infringement, All Rights Reserved © 2025 What is status? - rights, duties, responsibilities, and liabilities that accrue to a recognized and named social position Ascribed status - duties, obligations, are passed on Ex. British Monarchy Achieved status - Earned status Ex. CEO of public company What is an egalitarian society? - the number of valued positions is equal to number of people available to fill them, no one holds complete authority over another What are ranked societies? - there are not enough positions for ever