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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






3. Spread of something from one group to another






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






5. 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






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






7. Invented smelting of iron






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






9. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






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






12. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






13. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






14. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






15. Civilization to invent 'zero'






16. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






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






19. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






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






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






22. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






23. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






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






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






26. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






27. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






28. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






29. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






30. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






32. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






33. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






34. Determining the success of a project






35. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






36. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






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






38. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






40. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






41. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






42. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






43. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






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






45. 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






46. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






47. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






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






49. 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)






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