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DSST General Anthropology

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1. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






3. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






4. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






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






6. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






7. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






8. 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)






9. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






10. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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






12. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






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






14. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






22. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






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






24. 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.






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






26. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






27. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






28. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






29. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






30. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






31. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






33. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






34. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






35. 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.






36. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






43. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






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






45. Family that raised you






46. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






47. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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48. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






49. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






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