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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. 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






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






5. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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






7. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






8. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






9. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






10. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






17. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






18. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics


19. 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)






20. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






21. Invented smelting of iron






22. 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.






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






24. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






26. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






27. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






28. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






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






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






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






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






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






34. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






35. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






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






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






38. Buying/selling goods & Services with prices set by supply & demand. (usually involves money). Haviland: Informal v. Formal (govt controlled)






39. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






50. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome