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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






2. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






3. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Collecting community data for use by development planners






12. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






13. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






14. 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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






19. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






20. Form of government of Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Israelites






21. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






22. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






23. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






25. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






26. 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






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






28. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






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






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






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






32. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






33. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






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






35. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






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






39. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






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






50. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.