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DSST General Anthropology

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1. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






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






3. 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.






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






5. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






7. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






8. 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)






9. Form of government of Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Israelites






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






11. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






13. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






14. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






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






16. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






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






27. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






28. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






29. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






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






31. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






33. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






34. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






35. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






36. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






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






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






39. 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






40. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






42. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






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






44. (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






45. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






46. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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






49. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






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