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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






2. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






3. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






4. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






5. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






6. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






7. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






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






9. Invented smelting of iron






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






11. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






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






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






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






15. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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






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






18. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






19. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






20. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






21. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






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






23. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






24. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






25. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






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






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






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






30. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






31. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






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






33. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






34. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






37. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






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






39. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






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






41. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






42. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






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






44. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






46. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






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






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






49. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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







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