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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






2. (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






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






4. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






5. Invented smelting of iron






6. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






8. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






9. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






10. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






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






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






13. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






15. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






21. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






22. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






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






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






25. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






27. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






28. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






29. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






30. 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






31. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






32. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






33. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






34. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






35. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






36. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






37. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






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






45. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






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






48. 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]






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






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