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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






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






3. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






4. <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






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






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






7. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






9. 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)






10. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






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






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






13. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






14. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






15. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






16. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






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






18. Relatives through marriage






19. 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






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






21. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






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






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






24. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






27. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






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






30. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






31. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






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






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






34. Family that raised you






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






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






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






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






39. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






40. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






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






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






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






44. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






47. Thinker: social stratification






48. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






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