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DSST General Anthropology

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1. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






2. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






3. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






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






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






6. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.






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






8. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






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






10. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






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






12. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






13. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






14. (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






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






16. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






29. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






30. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






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






32. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






34. 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'






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






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






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






38. 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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39. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






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






41. Holistic study of humanity.






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






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. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






45. 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)






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






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






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






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






50. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)







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