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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






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






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






5. Thinkers: linguistics






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






7. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






8. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






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






10. 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.






11. Relatives through marriage






12. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






13. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






15. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






16. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






17. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






18. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






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






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






21. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






22. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






23. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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






25. Thinker: social stratification






26. Holistic study of humanity.






27. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






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






29. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






30. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






31. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






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






33. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






34. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






35. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






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






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






38. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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






41. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






42. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






43. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






44. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






45. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






46. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






47. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






48. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






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






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