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DSST General Anthropology

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1. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






2. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






3. Family that raised you






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






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






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






10. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






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






12. (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)






13. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






14. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






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






16. 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






17. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






18. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






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






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






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






22. Man marries widow of his dead brother






23. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






25. 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






26. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






28. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






29. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






30. 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






31. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






32. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






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






34. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






35. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






36. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






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






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






39. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






46. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






48. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






50. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor