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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. 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)






4. 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






5. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






6. New family you form when you marry and have children.






7. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






8. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






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






10. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






11. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






12. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






13. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






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






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






16. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






17. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






18. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






19. 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.






20. Things all people do the same way (language)






21. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






22. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






24. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






25. 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






26. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






27. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






28. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






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






30. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






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






32. Thinker: social stratification






33. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






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






35. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






36. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






37. Relatives through marriage






38. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






39. 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






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






41. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






42. Determining the success of a project






43. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






44. 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'






45. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






47. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






48. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






49. Traces back to ONE person






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






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