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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. (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






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






11. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






12. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






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






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






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






16. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






17. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






18. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






19. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






20. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






21. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






23. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






24. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






25. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






26. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






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






29. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






30. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






32. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






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






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






36. Thinker: social stratification






37. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






38. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






39. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






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






42. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






43. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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






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






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






47. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






48. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






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






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