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Mirror for Humanity Ch.5 Vocab
Vocabulary from Chapter 5 of Conrad Kottak's "Mirror for Humanity"
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
10/22/2011

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Horticulture
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Cultivation that makes intensive use of none of the factors of production (land, labor, capital, and machinery)
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Market Principle
Definition
The principle in which items are bought and sold using money, with an eye to maximizing profit, and value is determined by the law of supply and demand
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Means (or Factors) of Production
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The land, labor, and/or technology required in production of goods
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Mode of Production
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A way of organizing production by means of tools, skills, organization, and knowledge
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Negative Reciprocity
Definition
Exchanges between people on the fringes of or outside their social systems
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Pastoral Nomadism
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When an entire group of people moves with their animals throughout the year
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Pastoralists
Definition
Herders whose activities focus on such domesticated animals as cattle, sheep, goats, camels, yak, and reindeer
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Peasants
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Small-scale agriculturalists who live in nonindustrial states and have rent fund obligations
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Potlatch
Definition
A festive event within a regional exchange system among tribes of the North Pacific Coast of North America
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Reciprocity
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Exchange between social equals who normally are related by kinship, marriage, or another close personal tie
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Reciprocity Continuum
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The range between generalized and negative reciprocity
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Redistribution
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When goods, services, or their equivalent move from the local level to a center
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Transhumance
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When part of a group moves with their herds, but most people stay in the home village
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Agriculture
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Cultivation that requires more labor than horticulture because it uses land intensively and continuously
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Balanced Reciprocity
Definition
Exchanges between people who are more distantly related than are members of the same band or household
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Band
Definition
A small group of fewer than 100 people, all related by kinship or marriage
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Correlation
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Association or convariation between two or more variables
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Economy
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A system of production, distribution, and consumption of resources
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Generalized Reciprocity
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When someone gives to another person and expects nothing immediate in return
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