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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






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






6. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






7. 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)






8. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






9. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






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






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






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






14. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






15. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






16. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






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






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






19. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






20. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






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






22. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






23. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






25. Shorthand - Morse Code






26. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






27. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






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






29. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






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






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






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






33. Collecting community data for use by development planners






34. Thinker: social stratification






35. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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)






46. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






47. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






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






49. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






50. Planned - rescue - and accidental.