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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Ways to date artifacts






4. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






5. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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. 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






8. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






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






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






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






12. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






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






14. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






15. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






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






18. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






19. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






24. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






25. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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






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






28. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






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






30. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






31. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






32. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






33. 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






34. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






35. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






36. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






37. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






39. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






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






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






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






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






44. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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45. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






46. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






48. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






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






50. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.