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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






4. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






6. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






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






8. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






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






10. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






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






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






13. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






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






15. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






16. 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






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






18. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






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






21. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






22. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics


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






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






25. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






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






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






28. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






29. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






30. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






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






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






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






34. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






35. 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






36. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






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






39. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






40. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






41. 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






42. 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)






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






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






45. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






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






47. 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)






48. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






49. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






50. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.