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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Man marries widow of his dead brother






2. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






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






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






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






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






7. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






8. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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.






15. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






16. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






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






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






19. Things all people do the same way (language)






20. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






21. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






22. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






23. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






24. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Determining the success of a project






31. 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.






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






33. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






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






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






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






37. (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






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






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






40. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






41. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






43. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






44. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






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






46. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






48. 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.






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






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