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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






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






4. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






5. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






7. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






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






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






10. Shorthand - Morse Code






11. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






18. Holistic study of humanity.






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






20. Collecting community data for use by development planners






21. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






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






23. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






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






25. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






26. Determining the success of a project






27. Family that raised you






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






29. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






30. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






31. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






32. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






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






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






35. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






36. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






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






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






39. Thinker: social stratification






40. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






41. Buying/selling goods & Services with prices set by supply & demand. (usually involves money). Haviland: Informal v. Formal (govt controlled)






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






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






44. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






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






47. 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.






48. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






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






50. 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