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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






2. 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)






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






4. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






5. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






7. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






8. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






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






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






11. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






12. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






14. 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






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






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. 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.






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






19. Thinkers: linguistics






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






21. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






22. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






23. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






24. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






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






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






27. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






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






29. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






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






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






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






33. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






34. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






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






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






37. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






38. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






39. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






40. Holistic study of humanity.






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






42. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






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






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






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






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






47. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






48. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






50. Ways to date artifacts






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