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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Holistic study of humanity.






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






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






16. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






17. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






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






19. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






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






21. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






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






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






24. 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






25. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






26. Relatives through marriage






27. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






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






29. 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.






30. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






31. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






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






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






34. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






35. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






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






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






38. 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.






39. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






40. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






41. 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






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






43. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






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






45. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






46. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






47. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






48. 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






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






50. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.