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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






2. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






3. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






4. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






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






6. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






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






8. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






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






10. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






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






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






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






14. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






16. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






17. Invented smelting of iron






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






24. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






25. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






26. 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






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






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






30. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






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






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






33. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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).






41. Shorthand - Morse Code






42. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






43. 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.






44. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






45. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






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






47. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






48. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






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






50. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge