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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






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






6. Things all people do the same way (language)






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






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






9. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






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






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






13. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






14. Traces back to ONE person






15. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






16. Thinker: social stratification






17. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






18. 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.






19. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






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






22. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






23. 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






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






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






26. 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)






27. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






28. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






29. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






30. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






31. 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)






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






33. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






35. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






36. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






37. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






38. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






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






40. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






41. 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..






42. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






43. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






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






45. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






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






47. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






48. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






50. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel