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DSST General Anthropology
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1. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)
husbandry
Etic perspective
Neanderthals
Greeks
2. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic
Gene migration
Mendel's second principle of genetics
Emic perspective
Cultivation
3. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation
Birth of Anthropology
Social impact assessment
Geophysical prospecting
Levy-Bruhl
4. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state
Chiefdom
Potlatch
Excavation
Neolithic Period
5. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt
Bands & Tribes
Rite of passage
Tributary Production
Egyptology
6. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)
carbon-14 dating
Egyptian diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Yanomamo Feasting
7. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'
Poy Tang Lon
Specialities
3 types of excavation
Natural selection
8. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic
Peking Man
Revitalization
Monogamy
American farming
9. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.
Intervention Anthropology
DNA
Morphology
Relative time
10. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.
classical archaeology
Electromagnetic prospecting
Homonids
primates
11. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)
Mutagen
Allele frequency
3 types of excavation
Savagery
12. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains
Excavation
Mutagen
Taboo
Alternatives
13. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom
Cultural Resource Assessment
Legitimacy
3 types of excavation
Pacific indians
14. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values
Kluckhohn
Semantics
Olduvai Gorge
Polygamy
15. Civilization to invent 'zero'
Morphology
radiometric dating
Religion
babylonians
16. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion
Agriculture
Non-warlike people
perforated edges
Legitimacy
17. 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)
Leakey family
Anthropometry
Adaptation
Malinowski
18. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)
Neanderthals
Ralph Lynton
Mythology
Qualitative Research
19. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.
Anthropology
Biosphere
Noosphere
Conspicuous Consumption
20. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.
Gene pool
Java Man
Cognatic Descent
Balanced Reciprocity
21. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)
Structural-functional
Dating methods
Schliemann
Divorce
22. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death
WG Rivers
Rite of passage
Gens
Modernization
23. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)
Crossing over
Phonetics
Mendel's second principle of genetics
Cultural relativism
24. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles
Alternatives
Phases of rituals
Sondages
Pacific indians
25. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation
Cargo Cult
Egyptology
Egyptian diffusion
Malinowski
26. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons
African Economic Organization
Lineage
Nuclear Family
Bronze Age
27. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations
Cultural Anthropology
Gene
Mesolithic Period
Ethnology
28. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys
Intervention Anthropology
platyrrhini
Allele frequency
babylonians
29. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.
Genotypic Variations
Ziggurat
Ethnology
Ethnography
30. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.
Feudal System
Applied Anthropology
Mendelian population
State
31. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978
Levirate
polished stone
Mary Douglas Leakey
Potlatch
32. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's
Geophysical prospecting
Polygamy
Schliemann
Quantitative Research
33. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.
Industrialization
Mutation
Neolithic Technology
Greeks
34. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.
Theory of organic evolution
Technology development research
Natural selection
Industrialization
35. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.
Chiefdom
Electromagnetic prospecting
prehistoric archaeology
Genpuku
36. Man marries widow of his dead brother
platyrrhini
Diffusion
Levirate
Nuclear Family
37. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).
WG Rivers
Class
Cargo Cult
Natural selection
38. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.
Phonology
Excavation
Austrailia indians
European farming
39. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)
Middle east farming
Matrilineal Descent
Margaret Mead
Africa
40. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku
Chromosome
South American indians
Modernization
Assyrians
41. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement
Class
Religion
Writing
Egyptian diffusion
42. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)
Ethnocentrism
Social impact assessment
Assyrians
polyandry
43. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction
Sanction
homonoids
Directed Cultural Change
Kinship
44. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge
mana
Conspicuous Consumption
Leakey family
polyandry
45. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)
Etic perspective
Homonids
Barbarism
Civilization
46. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..
Leakey family
Dead Sea scrolls
Linguistics
Ralph Lynton
47. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic
Excavation
Religion
Noosphere
sharp edges
48. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).
Gene migration
Nistri periscope
Mythology
Egypt
49. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.
Cultural Evolution
State
Caste
Chiefdom
50. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared
African Economic Organization
Taboo
South American indians
Religion