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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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.






2. 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)






3. 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






4. (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)






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






6. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






7. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






8. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






9. 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






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






11. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






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






13. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






14. (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






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






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






17. Family that raised you






18. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






19. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






20. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






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






24. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






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






26. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






27. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






28. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






30. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






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






32. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






33. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






34. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






36. 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






37. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






38. 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.






39. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






40. 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.






41. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






42. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






43. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






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






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






47. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






48. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






49. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






50. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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