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DSST General Anthropology
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1. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)
Barbarism
Gens
Lineage
New World monkeys
2. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem
Noosphere
3 types of excavation
South American indians
Radcliffe-Brown
3. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations
Migration of Erectus
Kindred
Electromagnetic prospecting
Cultural Anthropology
4. Man marries widow of his dead brother
Biosphere
Phases of rituals
Levirate
Pacific indians
5. 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.
Mutagen
Legitimacy
Physical Anthropology
Policy Research
6. The archaeology of ancient Egypt
Homonids
Taboo
Egyptology
Schliemann
7. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic
perforated edges
Geosphere
Animism
Policy Research
8. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy
Nitrogenous Bases
European farming
Matrilineal Descent
Migration of Erectus
9. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide
Universalities
Ralph Lynton
Emile Durkheim
perforated edges
10. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding
Noosphere
Quinceanera
husbandry
Alternatives
11. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)
Hebrews
Technology development research
Egypt
Applied Anthropology
12. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote
Lineage
Central American indians
prosimians
Cultural Resource Assessment
13. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)
Qualitative Research
Cross-cousins
Mutagen
Austrailia indians
14. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)
Specialities
Gene migration
Class
Mythology
15. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.
radiometric dating
Catal Huyak
Sapir-Whorf
Elsie Parsons
16. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic
polished stone
Stratigraphy
Monarchy
Culture
17. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state
Mendel's second principle of genetics
Chiefdom
Technology development research
homonoids
18. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)
Neanderthals
Cargo Cult
Diffusion
Levy-Bruhl
19. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.
Upper Paleo period
Mutagen
Symbol
Mayan indians
20. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.
phenotype
Geerts
War
Natural selection
21. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction
Structural-functional
Sanction
Unilineal Descent
Affinal kin
22. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'
Stimulus Diffusion
Universalities
Genetic Recombination
Poy Tang Lon
23. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing
Genpuku
homonoids
Ideal culture
Intervention Anthropology
24. 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)
Writing
Etic perspective
Phratry
Genetic drift
25. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains
Matrilineal Descent
Biosphere
Excavation
Nuclear Family
26. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)
Egyptian diffusion
Monogamy
African Economic Organization
Ideal culture
27. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)
KhoiKhoi
Yanomamo
primates
Theory of organic evolution
28. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.
Civilization
Mutation
Mutagen
Etic perspective
29. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology
Culture
Polygamy
Technology development research
Lower Paleo Period
30. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.
Stimulus Diffusion
Electromagnetic prospecting
McLennan
babylonians
31. Thinkers: linguistics
Kindred
Homo Erectus
Marx - Freud - & Saussure
Animal domestication
32. 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'
Stimulus Diffusion
Homo Habilis
Hittites
Yanomamo Feasting
33. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel
Homo Habilis
Yanomamo
Fieldwork
Potlatch
34. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co
Mutagen
Writing
Generalized Reciprocity
Taboo
35. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations
prehistoric archaeology
Egypt
Agriculture
polished stone
36. 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
Ralph Lynton
Diffusion
Chiefdom
Formal Economics
37. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture
Paleolithic period
Directed Cultural Change
Natural selection
WG Rivers
38. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)
Levy-Bruhl
Structural-functional
Egypt
Yanomamo Feasting
39. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.
platyrrhini
DNA
Sondages
Revitalization
40. 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
mana
Potlatch
Unilineal Descent
classical archaeology
41. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups
Market Exchange
Reciprocity
Barbarism
Social Darwinism
42. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'
Gene pool
babylonians
McLennan
primates
43. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population
Malinowski
Migration of Erectus
Gene pool
Legitimacy
44. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.
Mesopotamia
Tributary Production
Phonology
Franz Boas
45. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.
Homo Erectus
Quantitative Research
Clan
Agriculture
46. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m
Substantive Economics
sharp edges
Alternatives
Agriculture
47. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful
South American indians
Homo Erectus
Yanomamo Feasting
International Development
48. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.
Archaeology
Phonology
Ethnography
Cultural relativism
49. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge
African Economic Organization
Ralph Lynton
Leakey family
Diffusion
50. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.
Dead Sea scrolls
Adaptation
Absolute time
WG Rivers