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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






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






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






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






8. Determining the success of a project






9. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






10. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






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






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






13. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






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






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






16. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






18. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






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






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






21. Shorthand - Morse Code






22. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






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






24. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






25. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






26. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






31. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






32. Relatives through marriage






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






34. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






35. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






36. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






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






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






39. 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]






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






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






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






43. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






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






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






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






47. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






48. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






49. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






50. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland