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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






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






4. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






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






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






7. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






8. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






9. 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






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






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






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






13. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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






15. 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






16. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






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






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






19. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






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






22. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






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






24. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






25. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






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






27. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






28. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






29. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






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






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






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






33. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






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






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






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






37. Relatives through marriage






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






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






41. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






42. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






43. 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]






44. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






46. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






47. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






48. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






49. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






50. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture







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