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DSST General Anthropology

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1. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






2. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






3. 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]






4. 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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5. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






6. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






7. Thinker: social stratification






8. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m






9. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






10. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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11. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






12. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






13. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






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






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






17. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






18. (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






19. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






20. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






22. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






23. 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..






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






25. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






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






27. 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






28. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






29. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






31. Invented smelting of iron






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






33. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Relatives through marriage






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






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






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






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






45. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






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






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






48. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






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






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