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DSST General Anthropology

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1. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






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






3. 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






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






5. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






11. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






12. Determining the success of a project






13. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






14. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






16. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






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






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






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






20. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






21. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






22. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






23. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






24. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






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






26. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






27. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






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






29. 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






30. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






32. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






33. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






34. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






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






36. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






38. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






39. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






40. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






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






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






43. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






44. 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






45. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






46. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






47. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






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






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






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