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DSST General Anthropology

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1. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






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






3. Invented smelting of iron






4. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






5. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






6. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






8. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






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






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






12. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






15. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






16. 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)






17. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






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






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






20. 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






21. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






22. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






23. Man marries widow of his dead brother






24. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






25. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






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






27. Things all people do the same way (language)






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






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






30. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






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






32. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






33. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






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






35. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






36. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






37. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






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






39. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






40. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






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






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






44. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






45. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






46. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






47. Traces back to ONE person






48. 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






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






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