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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






2. 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






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






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






5. 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.






6. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






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






8. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






9. Family that raised you






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






11. 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






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






13. Thinkers: linguistics






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






15. 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






16. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






17. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






19. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






20. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






21. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






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






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






25. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






26. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






27. 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)






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






29. 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.






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






31. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






32. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






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






35. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






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






37. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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).






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