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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






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






4. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






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






6. 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]






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






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






9. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






10. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






11. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






12. 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)






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






14. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






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






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






17. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






18. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






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






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






21. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






22. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






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






24. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






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






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






34. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






35. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






36. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






37. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






38. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






41. 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.






42. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






43. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






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






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






46. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






47. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






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






49. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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