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Biocultural Connection

2. For question #2 you will need to review and reference the reading. Select one of the sections from chapters 12 or 13 with the heading “Biocultural Connection.” Provide a summary of the major points with a focus on the culture of the people studied, the findings/contributions from anthropology, and how this relates to the key concepts from the reading/chapter. Respond to the “Biocultural Question” at the end of the section. Be sure to cite the page number and topic that you selected.

3. Apply anthropological concepts of marriage and family to a fictional family from a popular television show, movie, or book. Provide a general background on the family such as listing the individual members and their relations to one another.

A) Discuss whether or not the marriage present in the family is best described by endogamy and/or exogamy, while referencing these terms.

B) Describe the conjugal and/or consanguineal ties in the family while, while referencing these terms.

C) In terms of primary residence, is the family best described as nuclear, extended or “nontraditional?” Does the family live in a patrilocal, matrilocal, or neolocal residence?

D) Discuss how at least one or more of the members of the family associate with others outside of the family by gender, age set, and/or common interest.

4. For question #4 you will need to review and reference the YouTube video “Shadows and Reflections: Florida’s Lost People by FAS.” Shadows and Reflections: Florida’s Lost People by FAS

A) Summarize the key cultural features of the following indigenous groups of prehistoric Florida: Paleoindians, Calusa, Apalachee, Timucua, and Tequesta while considering geography, subsistence, social status, identity, bodily adornment, and sex roles (where relevant to each group).

B) What are the major sources of data (such as archaeological remains, ethnohistoric documents, landscape, etc.) that provides us with a picture of Florida’s lost people? How can anthropology, archaeology, history, and art all complement each other towards this end?

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