Study Guide for Out of the Past:  Power, Prestige, and Wealth

ANT 105 Introduction to Anthropology

 

 

November 13, 2008

 

This video can be found on reserve at the library as call # CC 165.0976 1993 pt. 5-6.  You only need to watch part 5, which is the first 60 minutes.  This study guide is 10 points total.  It is due in class on Tuesday, November 18.

 

1)      How can archaeologists distinguish between egalitarian and stratified societies?  1 point.

 

 

 

 

2)      How do archaeologists learn about social and political organization through technological remains? 2 points.

 

 

 

 

 

3)      How does food production and domestication support the ranked societies shown in this film?  3 points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)      Was Copan a state?  Explain why or why not.  If not, what would you say it was?  4 points.