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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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.






2. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






3. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






4. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






6. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






7. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






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






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






10. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






11. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






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






13. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






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






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






17. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






18. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






19. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






20. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






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






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






25. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






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






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






28. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






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






30. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






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






32. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






33. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






34. Determining the success of a project






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






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






37. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






38. 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






39. (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)






40. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






41. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






50. All the knowledge and values shared by a society







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