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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






2. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






3. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






4. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






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






6. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






8. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






9. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






10. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






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






12. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






13. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






14. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






15. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






16. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






17. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






18. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






19. Shorthand - Morse Code






20. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






21. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






22. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






23. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






24. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






25. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






26. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






27. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






28. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






29. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






30. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






31. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






32. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






33. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






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






35. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






36. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






37. Relatives through marriage






38. Traces back to ONE person






39. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






40. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






41. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






42. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






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






44. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






45. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






46. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






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






48. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






49. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






50. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.