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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






3. 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.






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






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






6. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






7. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






9. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






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






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






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






13. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






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






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






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






17. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






18. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






19. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






20. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






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






22. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






23. Buying/selling goods & Services with prices set by supply & demand. (usually involves money). Haviland: Informal v. Formal (govt controlled)






24. 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






25. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






27. 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






28. 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.






29. Things all people do the same way (language)






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






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






32. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






33. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






34. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






35. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






36. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






38. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






39. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






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






41. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






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






43. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






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






45. Man marries widow of his dead brother






46. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






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






48. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






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






50. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]