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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






4. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






5. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






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






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






8. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






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






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






12. 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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13. Things all people do the same way (language)






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






15. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






16. 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.






17. Thinker: social stratification






18. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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






21. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






22. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






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






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






25. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






26. Invented smelting of iron






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






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






29. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






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






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






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






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






34. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






43. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






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






45. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






47. Thinkers: linguistics






48. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






49. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






50. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest