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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






2. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






3. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






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






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






6. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






7. 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






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






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






10. Shorthand - Morse Code






11. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






12. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






13. Determining the success of a project






14. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






15. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






16. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






17. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






19. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






21. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






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






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






24. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






25. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






26. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






27. 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






28. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






29. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






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






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






32. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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33. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






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






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






36. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






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






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






39. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






40. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






41. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






42. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






43. 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.






44. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






45. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






46. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






47. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






48. 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)






49. 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)






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