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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






4. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






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






6. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






7. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






8. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






9. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






10. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






11. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






12. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






13. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






14. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






15. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






17. Determining the success of a project






18. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






19. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






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






21. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






22. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






23. Spread of something from one group to another






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






25. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






26. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






27. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






28. 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).






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






30. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






31. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






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






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






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






35. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






37. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






38. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






40. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






41. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






42. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






43. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






44. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






45. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






46. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






47. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






49. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






50. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic