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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Thinker: social stratification






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






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






5. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






6. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






7. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






8. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






9. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






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






14. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






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






16. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






17. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






18. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






19. (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






20. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






21. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






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






23. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






24. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






25. 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






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






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






28. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






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






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






32. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






33. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






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






35. Shorthand - Morse Code






36. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






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






38. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






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






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






41. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






42. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






43. Determining the success of a project






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






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






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






47. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






48. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






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






50. 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]