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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. 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






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






4. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






5. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






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






7. 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






8. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






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






10. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






11. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






12. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






14. Relatives through marriage






15. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






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






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






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






20. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






21. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






22. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Invented smelting of iron






28. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






29. 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.






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






31. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






32. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






33. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






34. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






35. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






36. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






37. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






40. 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)






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






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






43. Family that raised you






44. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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