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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






4. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






5. 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






6. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






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






8. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






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






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






11. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






12. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






13. 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)






14. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






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






16. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






17. 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.






18. Thinker: social stratification






19. 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






20. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






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






22. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






23. 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






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






25. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






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






27. Holistic study of humanity.






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






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






30. Man marries widow of his dead brother






31. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






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






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






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






35. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






37. 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.






38. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)






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






40. 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)






41. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






42. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






43. 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






44. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






45. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






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






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






48. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






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







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