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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Invented smelting of iron






2. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






3. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






4. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






5. 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.






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






7. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






8. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






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






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






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






12. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






13. Thinkers: linguistics






14. 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.






15. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






16. 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






17. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






18. 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'






19. (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)






20. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






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






22. 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






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






24. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






26. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






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






28. 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)






29. Man marries widow of his dead brother






30. Thinker: social stratification






31. 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.






32. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






33. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






34. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






35. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






36. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






37. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






38. 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.






39. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






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






41. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






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






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






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






45. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






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






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






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






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






50. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom