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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






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






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






4. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






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






6. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






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






8. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






9. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






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






11. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






12. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






15. 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)






16. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






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






18. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






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






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






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






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






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






24. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






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






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






27. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






28. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






29. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






30. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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]






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






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






38. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






39. 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






40. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






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






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






43. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






44. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






46. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






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






48. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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