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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






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






4. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






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






6. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






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






9. Thinkers: linguistics






10. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






11. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






13. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






14. New family you form when you marry and have children.






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






16. (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






17. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Traces back to ONE person






24. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






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






26. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






28. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






29. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






37. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m






38. 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






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






40. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






42. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






43. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






44. Family that raised you






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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