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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Ways to date artifacts






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






3. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






4. 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.






5. 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]






6. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






8. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






9. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






10. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






12. Invented smelting of iron






13. 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.






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






15. (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






16. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






17. 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






18. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






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






20. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






21. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






22. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






23. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






25. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






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






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






28. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






29. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






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






31. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






33. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






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






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






36. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






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






38. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






39. (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






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






41. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






43. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






44. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






45. Thinker: social stratification






46. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






47. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






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






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