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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






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






3. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






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






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






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






7. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






11. 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)






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






13. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






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






15. 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.






16. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






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






18. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






19. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






21. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






22. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






23. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






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






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






26. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






27. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






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






29. 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.






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






31. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






32. Determining the success of a project






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






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






35. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






36. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






37. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






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






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






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






41. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






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






43. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






44. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






45. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






46. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






47. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






48. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






49. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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