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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Thinkers: linguistics






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






4. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






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






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






8. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






9. (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






10. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






11. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






12. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






13. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






15. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






16. 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)






17. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






18. 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.






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






20. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






21. <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






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






23. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






24. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






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






26. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






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






28. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






29. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






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






31. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






32. 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






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






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






35. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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).






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






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






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






47. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






48. 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






49. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






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