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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






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






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






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






13. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






14. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






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






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






17. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






18. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






19. Family that raised you






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






21. 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)






22. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






23. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






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






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






27. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






28. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






29. Traces back to ONE person






30. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






31. Ways to date artifacts






32. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






33. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






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






36. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






37. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






38. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






39. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






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






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






43. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






44. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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45. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






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






47. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






49. Determining the success of a project






50. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law