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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






12. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






13. Collecting community data for use by development planners






14. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






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






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






17. <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






18. 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.






19. Ways to date artifacts






20. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






21. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






22. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






23. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






24. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






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






27. (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)






28. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






29. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






31. Things all people do the same way (language)






32. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






33. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






35. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






36. 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






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






38. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






39. Thinker: social stratification






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






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






42. 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).






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






44. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






45. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






46. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






47. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






49. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






50. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing