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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






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






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






4. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






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






15. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






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






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






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






19. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






20. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






21. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






22. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






23. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






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






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






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






27. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






28. New family you form when you marry and have children.






29. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






30. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






31. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






32. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






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






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






35. Thinker: social stratification






36. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






37. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






38. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






39. Relatives through marriage






40. Family that raised you






41. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






42. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






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






44. 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






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






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






47. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






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






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






50. 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)