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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






2. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






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






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






5. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






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






8. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






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






10. Holistic study of humanity.






11. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






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






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






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






15. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






16. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






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






18. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






19. 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).






20. 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]






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






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






23. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






24. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






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






26. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






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






28. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






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






30. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






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






32. 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)






33. 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






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. 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..






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






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






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






39. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






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






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






42. 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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43. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






44. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






45. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






46. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






47. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






48. 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.






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






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







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