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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






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






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






5. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






6. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






8. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






10. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






11. Things all people do the same way (language)






12. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






13. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






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






15. Invented smelting of iron






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






17. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






19. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






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






21. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






22. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






23. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






24. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






25. Man marries widow of his dead brother






26. Thinkers: linguistics






27. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






28. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






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






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






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






32. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






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






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






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






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






38. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






39. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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'






45. 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.






46. Ways to date artifacts






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






48. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






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






50. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.