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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






3. (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)






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






5. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






6. Determining the success of a project






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






8. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






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






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






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






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






13. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






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






15. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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16. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






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






18. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






19. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






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






21. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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






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






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






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






27. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






28. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)






29. 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






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






31. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






37. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






38. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






40. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






41. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






42. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






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






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






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






46. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






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






48. Relatives through marriage






49. 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.






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