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DSST General Anthropology

Subjects : dsst, anthropology
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1. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






2. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






3. Holistic study of humanity.






4. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






5. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






7. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






8. 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.






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






10. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






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






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






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






14. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






16. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






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






18. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






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






20. 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'






21. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






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






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






24. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






26. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






27. 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)






28. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






29. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






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






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






33. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






34. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






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






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






37. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






40. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






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






42. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






43. 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.






44. Spread of something from one group to another






45. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






46. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






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






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






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






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






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