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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






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






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






4. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






5. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






6. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






7. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






8. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






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






10. 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'






11. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






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






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






14. Determining the success of a project






15. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






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






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






18. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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19. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






20. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






21. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






22. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






23. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






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






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






26. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






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






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






30. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.






31. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






32. 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






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






34. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






35. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






36. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






38. Relatives through marriage






39. Civilization to invent 'zero'






40. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






41. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






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






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






44. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






45. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






46. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






47. 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






48. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






49. 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.






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