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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






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






4. 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.






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






6. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






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






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






10. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






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






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






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






14. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






16. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






17. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






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






19. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






20. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






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






22. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






23. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






24. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






26. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






27. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






28. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






29. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






30. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






31. Holistic study of humanity.






32. Ways to date artifacts






33. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






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






35. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






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






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






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






39. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






40. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






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






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






43. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






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






45. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






46. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






48. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






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






50. Shorthand - Morse Code







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