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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.






3. Ways to date artifacts






4. 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)






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






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






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






8. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






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






11. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






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






14. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






15. New family you form when you marry and have children.






16. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






17. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






20. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






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






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






23. Relatives through marriage






24. Spread of something from one group to another






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






26. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






27. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






28. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






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






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






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






32. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






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






35. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






36. Man marries widow of his dead brother






37. 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






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






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






40. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






41. 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






42. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






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






44. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






45. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






46. (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)






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






48. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






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






50. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population