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DSST General Anthropology

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1. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






2. Determining the success of a project






3. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






4. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






5. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






6. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






7. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






8. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






9. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






10. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






11. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






12. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






13. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






14. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






15. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






16. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






17. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






18. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






19. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






20. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






21. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






22. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






23. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






24. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






25. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






26. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






27. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.






28. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






29. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






30. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






31. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






32. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






33. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






34. Thinkers: linguistics






35. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






36. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






37. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






38. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






39. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






40. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






41. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






42. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






43. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






44. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






45. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






46. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






47. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






48. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






49. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m






50. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death