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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






4. 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)






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






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






7. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






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






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






10. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






11. 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






12. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






13. 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






14. Invented smelting of iron






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






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






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






18. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






19. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






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






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






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






23. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






24. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






25. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






26. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






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






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






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






30. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






37. 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)






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






39. Civilization to invent 'zero'






40. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






41. (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)






42. Shorthand - Morse Code






43. 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






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






45. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






46. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






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






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






49. Thinker: social stratification






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







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