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DSST General Anthropology

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1. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






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






3. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






4. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






5. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






6. Traces back to ONE person






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






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






9. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






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






11. Form of government of Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Israelites






12. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






13. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






14. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






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






16. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






17. Family that raised you






18. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. Man marries widow of his dead brother






24. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






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






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






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






28. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






29. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






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






31. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






32. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






34. 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






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






36. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






37. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






38. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






39. 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]






40. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






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






43. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






44. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






45. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






46. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






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






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






49. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






50. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)







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