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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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






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






3. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






4. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






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






7. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






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






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






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






11. Determining the success of a project






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






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






14. 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]






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






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






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






18. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






19. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






20. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






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






22. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






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






24. Spread of something from one group to another






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






26. New family you form when you marry and have children.






27. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






28. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






29. 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..






30. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






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






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






33. 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.






34. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






35. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






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






37. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






38. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






39. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






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






41. Relatives through marriage






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






43. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






45. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






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






48. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






49. 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)






50. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.