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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






2. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






3. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






4. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






6. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






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






8. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






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






10. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






11. Spread of something from one group to another






12. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






13. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






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






15. 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..






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






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






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. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






20. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






21. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






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






23. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






24. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






25. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






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






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






28. Invented smelting of iron






29. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






31. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






33. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






34. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






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






36. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






37. Ways to date artifacts






38. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






39. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






40. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






41. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






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






43. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






44. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






45. 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]






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






47. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






49. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






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