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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






2. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






3. 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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4. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






6. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






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






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






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






10. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






17. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






19. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






20. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






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






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






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






24. <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






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






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






27. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






28. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






29. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






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






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






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






33. (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






34. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






35. Determining the success of a project






36. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






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






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






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






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






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






42. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






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






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






49. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






50. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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