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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






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






6. (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






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






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






9. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






10. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






11. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






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






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






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






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






16. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






17. Ways to date artifacts






18. 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.






19. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






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






21. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






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






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






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






25. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






26. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






27. Invented smelting of iron






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






35. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






37. Family that raised you






38. 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.






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






40. 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






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






42. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






43. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






44. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






45. Buying/selling goods & Services with prices set by supply & demand. (usually involves money). Haviland: Informal v. Formal (govt controlled)






46. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






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






48. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






49. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






50. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)