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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






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






6. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






7. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






9. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






10. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






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






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






13. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






14. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






15. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






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






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






18. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






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






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






22. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






23. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






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






26. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






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






28. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






29. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






30. 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.






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






33. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






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






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






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






37. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






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






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






40. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






41. 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






42. 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]






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






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






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






46. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






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






49. (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






50. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew