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DSST General Anthropology

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1. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






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






3. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






4. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






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. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






8. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






9. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






11. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






19. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






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






21. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






22. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






23. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






25. Invented smelting of iron






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






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






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






29. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






30. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






31. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






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






33. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






35. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






36. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






37. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






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






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






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






41. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Man marries widow of his dead brother






47. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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48. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






49. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






50. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law