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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






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






5. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






6. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






8. (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






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






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






11. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






12. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






13. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






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


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






17. 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.






18. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






19. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






20. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






21. <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






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






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






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






25. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






26. 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






27. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






28. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






29. 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






30. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






31. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






32. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






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






34. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






35. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






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






37. 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]






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






39. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






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






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






42. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






43. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






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






45. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






46. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






47. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






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






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






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