Quiz 4 Flashcards
(181 cards)
Extreme cannibalism was practiced by what group
the Aztecs
extent of cannibalism in the Aztecs
heart extraction at 20-50,000 a year
ritual sacrifice in the Aztecs was called
flowery wars
flowery wars took place for what reasons
diet (protein shortage), intimidation of enemies, to manage ecology
what did Mexican experts find on stone knives that was significant
fossilized blood found on obsidian knives in Cantona, Mexico, dating 1,000 years before the Aztecs
where else was ritual cannibalism
ritualized cannibal feasts among soldiers in Liberia in the 1980s
common place sacred cannibalism in Libera in the 2000s
motivations for cannibalism
spiritual and physical power, propaganda and intimidate enemies, child armies
use of albino body parts
used by witch doctors in Malawi and Tanzania to predict the future and bring good fortune
examples of survival canibalism
Jamestown Colonists in 1609
Uruguay Rugby Team Plane Crash in 1972
evidence of cannibalism in Jamestown
Jamestown Jane: skull cracked open, she had a protein-rich and had just arrived from england
sex
male and female (biological
gender
masculine and feminine (cultural)
man
male sex and masculine social role
woman
female sex and feminine social role
transgender
when one’s gender identity does not match assigned sex
middle eastern men do what that is seen as weird in the west
holding hands with a man friend, which is seen as perfectly normal/innocent
in the middle east, what is an important “manly” physical characteristic
mustache and beard
third gender is seen in what native American tribe
crow tribe in Montana
crow tribe called the third gender what
two-spirit person who is male bodied with special social and ceremonial status in the tribe
role of two spirit people in the crow tribe
possess both maleness and femaleness
engage in male and female activities
marry widowers
care for kids
may be co-wives with single spirit women
third gender is called what in south asia
hijras
hijras are identified as
neither man nor female, half man-half woman seen as a source of power in hinduism
role of hijras in Indian culture
caricature women
either intersexed or voluntarily emasculated
devotees of Bahuchara mata
male body and a female soul
four types of sociopolitical groups
bands, tribes, chiefdoms, state societies