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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






3. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






4. Ways to date artifacts






5. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






6. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






8. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






9. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






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






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






12. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






13. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






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






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






16. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






17. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






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






20. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






21. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






22. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






23. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






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






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






26. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






28. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






29. Thinker: social stratification






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






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






32. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






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






45. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






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






47. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






48. 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






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






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