Study sets matching "anthropology"
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Classes
Users
assimilate
cremation
domesticate
folklore
v. To consume and incorporate; to become similar
n. The act of burning the dead
v. To make something suitable for being in a home
n. Traditional myths of a people transmitted orally
assimilate
v. To consume and incorporate; to become similar
cremation
n. The act of burning the dead
Ethic of Kinship
Consanguineal kin
Affinal kin
Fictive kin
A universal rule that you should be nice to your kinsman.... How…
Relatives by birth
Relatives by marriage
Relationship between non-kin based on the ethic of kinship
Ethic of Kinship
A universal rule that you should be nice to your kinsman.... How…
Consanguineal kin
Relatives by birth
Lucy
Turkana Boy
Anthropology medico-legal (forensic)
Rites of passage
Found in Ethiopia in 1974 by Don johnson, part of Australopith…
This skeleton was found by the Leakey's, A nearly complete ske…
This feild of study helps agencies identify human remains. The…
A ceremony, ritual or event that marks a change in status. The…
Lucy
Found in Ethiopia in 1974 by Don johnson, part of Australopith…
Turkana Boy
This skeleton was found by the Leakey's, A nearly complete ske…
Subsistence
Hunting and gathering
Pastoralism
Horticulture
the way societies get food and water H/G, P, H, A
Oldest form of subsistence... Can only support a small population…
The raising of cattle for food (because it is dangerous is is…
The planting and raising of crops with ONLY HUMAN POWER... Can su…
Subsistence
the way societies get food and water H/G, P, H, A
Hunting and gathering
Oldest form of subsistence... Can only support a small population…
Anthropology
cultural relativism
culture shock
culture
The scientific and humanistic study of human being encompassin…
The idea that culture should be analyzed with reference to the…
Feelings of alienation and helplessness that result from rapid…
The learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to live in…
Anthropology
The scientific and humanistic study of human being encompassin…
cultural relativism
The idea that culture should be analyzed with reference to the…
Creationism
Evolution
Catastrophism
Natural selection
Those who explain where humans come from and why we look so di…
-The gradual development of something from simple to more comp…
Supports creationism. The believe that God destroyed everyone…
Organism that have been able to evolve in order to survive the…
Creationism
Those who explain where humans come from and why we look so di…
Evolution
-The gradual development of something from simple to more comp…
Osteology
Skeletal Functions (6)
Support
protection
the study of skeletal material.
1.Support... 2.Protection... 3.Function... 4.Red Blood Cell and Marrow…
support soft tissues
provides a hard armor shielding soft tissues
Osteology
the study of skeletal material.
Skeletal Functions (6)
1.Support... 2.Protection... 3.Function... 4.Red Blood Cell and Marrow…
Ethnography
Fieldwork
Participant Observation
Holism (Holistic Perspective)
Ethno=people graphy=write. Recorded descriptions of the custom…
An anthropologist's personal long-term experience with a speci…
research method in which anthropologists' fieldwork serve as t…
aims to get an encompassing and complete view of humanity or c…
Ethnography
Ethno=people graphy=write. Recorded descriptions of the custom…
Fieldwork
An anthropologist's personal long-term experience with a speci…
anthropology
4 fields of anthropology
biological anthropology
archaeology
The study of humans, past and present and human biological var…
biological/physical, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology,…
how humans adapt, disease process
study past peoples/cultures
anthropology
The study of humans, past and present and human biological var…
4 fields of anthropology
biological/physical, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology,…
Dowry
Adaptation
Culture
Culture Adaptation
A payment at the time of a woman's marriage that comes from he…
adjustments of organisms to their environment
social ideas, values, emotions and perseptions
complex of ideas and activities that allows people to survive…
Dowry
A payment at the time of a woman's marriage that comes from he…
Adaptation
adjustments of organisms to their environment
Osteology
Skeletal Functions (6)
Support
protection
the study of skeletal material.
1.Support... 2.Protection... 3.Function... 4.Red Blood Cell and Marrow…
support soft tissues
provides a hard armor shielding soft tissues
Osteology
the study of skeletal material.
Skeletal Functions (6)
1.Support... 2.Protection... 3.Function... 4.Red Blood Cell and Marrow…
prosimians and anthropoids
haplorhines and strepsirhines
nose
the New World monkeys (platyrrhine) and…
The two traditional suborders of primates are
The new cladistics taxonomy classifies the order primates as
Platyrrhine and catarrhines refer to the
The terms "platyrrhine" and "catarrhines" refer to differences…
prosimians and anthropoids
The two traditional suborders of primates are
haplorhines and strepsirhines
The new cladistics taxonomy classifies the order primates as
cranial
nomadic
decline
flourished
of or relating to the skull or cranium. Ex. the helmet helps p…
roaming about from place to place aimlessly, frequently, or wi…
to become lower in amount or less in number. Ex. oil prices co…
was very successful; did very well. Ex. the group ______ in th…
cranial
of or relating to the skull or cranium. Ex. the helmet helps p…
nomadic
roaming about from place to place aimlessly, frequently, or wi…
taxonomy
homology
homoplasy
primitive
the branch of science concerned with classification, especiall…
similar in position, structure, and evolutionary origin but no…
character shared by a set of species but not present in their…
the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or histori…
taxonomy
the branch of science concerned with classification, especiall…
homology
similar in position, structure, and evolutionary origin but no…
Osteology
Skeletal Functions (6)
Support
protection
the study of skeletal material.
1.Support... 2.Protection... 3.Function... 4.Red Blood Cell and Marrow…
support soft tissues
provides a hard armor shielding soft tissues
Osteology
the study of skeletal material.
Skeletal Functions (6)
1.Support... 2.Protection... 3.Function... 4.Red Blood Cell and Marrow…
Agriculture
Anthropological theory
Anthropology
Applied Anthropology
Form of food production in which permanent cultiviation using…
Set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critica…
scientific ad humanistic study of human beings encompassing th…
Application of anthrological knowledge to the solution of huma…
Agriculture
Form of food production in which permanent cultiviation using…
Anthropological theory
Set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critica…
matrilineal
patrilineal
descent
consanguines
descent system where group membership and inheritance pass thr…
descent system where group membership and inheritance pass thr…
the order and how individuals and family members feel and dete…
individuals related by blood
matrilineal
descent system where group membership and inheritance pass thr…
patrilineal
descent system where group membership and inheritance pass thr…
artifact
ecofact
Taphonomy
Relative Dating
objects or materials made or modified for use by hominids
a find at an archaeological site which comes from something li…
branch of paleontology that deals with the processes of fossil…
is the science of determining the relative order of past event…
artifact
objects or materials made or modified for use by hominids
ecofact
a find at an archaeological site which comes from something li…
Zhuang
Archaeology
Linguistic anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Is known for being a favorite retirement region for elderly ch…
The study of past human cultures through their material remains
The study of human communication, including it's origins, hist…
The studies of living people and their cultures, including var…
Zhuang
Is known for being a favorite retirement region for elderly ch…
Archaeology
The study of past human cultures through their material remains
Anthropology (four types)
Cultural Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
Archaeology Anthropology
The study of humans. ... -Cultural... -Linguistic... -Archaeology... -Biol…
-study of the human behavior... -the concept of "culture"... -roots…
-effect of language on social life... -how language effects perce…
-study of ancient/recent human past through material culture... -…
Anthropology (four types)
The study of humans. ... -Cultural... -Linguistic... -Archaeology... -Biol…
Cultural Anthropology
-study of the human behavior... -the concept of "culture"... -roots…
uniformitarianism
Humans, giraffes, and squirrels (yes, s…
The Modern Synthesis
Retentions with no present function, wh…
states that geological processes that operated in the past are…
an example of a homologous trait AND a result of their shared/…
(ALL OF THE ABOVE) a) united the theory of natural selection w…
Vestigial Traits
uniformitarianism
states that geological processes that operated in the past are…
Humans, giraffes, and squirrels (yes, s…
an example of a homologous trait AND a result of their shared/…
the study of humanity
all aspects of human life intersect: ca…
what is anthropology?
study of humans as biological organisms…
anthropology
Holistic (integrated) approach
comparative & fieldwork
biological anthropology
the study of humanity
anthropology
all aspects of human life intersect: ca…
Holistic (integrated) approach
Caucasoid
Africoid
mongoloid
australian
Europeans, people of European ancestry, West Asia and some Nor…
sub-Saharan Africans and American blacks
Japanese, Chinese, Southeast Asians, and the various Indians o…
Japanese, Chinese, Southeast Asians, and the various Indians o…
Caucasoid
Europeans, people of European ancestry, West Asia and some Nor…
Africoid
sub-Saharan Africans and American blacks