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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. (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






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






5. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






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






7. 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






8. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






10. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






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






12. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






13. Traces back to ONE person






14. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






16. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






17. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






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






20. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






21. 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)






22. 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.






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






24. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






27. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






28. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






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






30. 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






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






32. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






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






34. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






36. 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)






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






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






39. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






40. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






41. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






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






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






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






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






46. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






47. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






48. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






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






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