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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






4. Invented smelting of iron






5. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






6. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






7. Traces back to ONE person






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






9. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






10. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






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






12. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






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






14. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






15. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






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






17. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






20. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






22. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






23. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






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






25. 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.






26. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






27. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






28. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






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






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






31. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






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






33. Holistic study of humanity.






34. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.






35. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






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






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






38. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






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






48. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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