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define Anthropology

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the study of humanity focusing on human diversity and evolution

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Anthropology is what 3 things?

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Integrative, Holistic and Comparative

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what does holistic mean

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you view humanity as a whole

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what does integrative mean when we talk about anthropology?

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a series of component parts that work together

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what does comparative mean

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considers similarities and differences without making generalizations

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Define biological anthropology

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the study of humans as biological organisms, emphasis on evolution and variation

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what are the 3 subfields of biological anthropology?

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primatology, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology

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define primatology

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study of living non human primates & their fossils to understand evolution an behaviour

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define paleoanthropology

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study of human evolution through fossils

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define forensic anthropology

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specializes in the identification of the human skeleton

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what is archaeology?

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the study of human past through the analysis of material remains uses scientific method

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what are armchair anthropologists?

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they draw conclusions without doing their own fieldwork

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what did it mean for anthropology when the industrial revolution occurred?

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it led to the discovery of more artifacts as prior to that time, they did not dig far below the earth

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what do uniformitarianism and catastrophism tell us about the earth?

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how it was formed (terrain, water bodies)

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define uniformitarianism

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physical and chemical processes and forces operating today haven’t changed from the past

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define catastrophism

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idea that the earth was shaped by natural disasters

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early archaeology was what?

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more descriptive than explanatory

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who developed the 3 age system and what was it based on?

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J.C Thomsen; the material of tools

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which stage of the 3 age system is the oldest?

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the stone age

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what are the 3 subsets of the 3 age system?

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Stone, Iron and Bronze

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what are the 3 subsets of the stone age?

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paleolithic, mesolithic and neolithic

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which of the stone ages is the oldest?

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paleolithic

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which of the stone ages is the youngest?

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neolithic

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the 3 levels of the paleolithic stone age are?

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lower, middle, upper

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the upper paleolithic stone age is what in comparison to the others?
the newest stage
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the lower paleolithic stone age is what in comparison to the others?
the oldest stage
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"lithic" means what?
made of rock
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Lewis Henry Morgan claimed what?
that all societies had the same order of cultural evolution; barbarians, savages and civilized
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what was Morgan's theory called?
Unilineal Evolution
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who did Morgan believe were the most civilized?
Christian Europeans
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what is unilineal evolution
that all societies had the same order of cultural evolution
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Charles Darwin was known for what?
origin of species; natural selection; survival of the fittest
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Darwin believed in what kind of evolution?
Multilinear Cultural Evolution
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what is Multilinear Cultural Evolution?
the idea that all societies and their cultures take different pathways of change
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Flinders Petrie did what?
found similarities in different sites connecting civilizations
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Petrie believed what?
emphasized the importance of defining past societies in distinct groups based on their material culture
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V. Gordon Childe believed what?
changes in archaeological record reflected change in society and material aspects of culture
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who documented the neolithic & urban revolutions?
Childe
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what did the neolithic & urban revolutions mean for society?
they relied more on plants and animals
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Archaeological culture is what?
a group of similar artifacts from a certain time & place that reflect the material culture of a past society
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how is archaeological culture named?
the type of artifact found or the place it came from (clovis culture- site, linear pottery culture- artifact)
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does archaeological culture relate to REAL past civilizations?
NO
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define induction
drawing general conclusions on the basis of available data
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define reduction
drawing conclusions from the general laws and models
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which tests a hypothesis: induction or reduction?
reduction
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what are the two types of reduction archaeology?
processual and new
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what are the forms of processual archaeology?
ecological, darwinian, HBE (human behaviour ecology) and NCT (niche construction theory)
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ecological, darwinian, HBE (human behaviour ecology) and NCT (niche construction theory) are forms of what?
processual archaeology
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describe ecological archaeology
the role of ecology in shaping culture & technology
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describe darwinian archaeology
applies the idea of natural selection to culture change
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describe HBE (human behavioural ecology)
ecological models to explain human decisions
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describe NCT (niche construction theory)
how humans create ecological niches to maximize survival
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what is an example of NCT?
controlled burning
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define processual archaeology
the "new archaeology" focused on using the scientific method & hypothesis testing
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Lewis Binford believed what?
archaeology should be a science or nothing at all
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T or F: archaeology can tell archaeologists about the past IF the correct questions/hypothesis are asked.
TRUE
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having an external understanding of society is called what?
ETIC
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having an internal understanding of society is called what?
EMIC
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Binford was what, etic or emic?
ETIC
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Ian Hodder emphasized and argued what?
the importance of context; archaeologists should emulate historians
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define post processual archaeology
focuses on beliefs, symbols & context specific interpretations
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focuses on beliefs, symbols & context specific interpretations-- this is an example of what kind of archaeology?
post processual
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does post processual archaeology have multiple explanations?
NO. one single explanation
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what are 3 types of PP archaeology?
gender, agency theory & landscape
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describe gender archaeology
to study and represent gender (gender studies)
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describe agency theory
actions of members of society are the focus
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describe landscape archaeology
the importance of landscapes in the past
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what are 2 complimentary approaches to both processual & post processual archaeology?
ecodynamics & network/boundary research
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describe ecodynamics
combining human agency with complex environmental interactions
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network/boundary research is what?
focused on alliance and community formation
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define cultural heritage
the record of ancestors of particular groups
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how is cultural heritage used?
political purposes-- ex: Hilter and Aryan race
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List 3 threats to cultural heritage
natural disasters, war, intentional destruction
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define indigenous archaeology
work being done by indiegnous archaeologists, involving indigenous people in the design, excavation, etc., and a collab of nonindigenous/indigenous peoples

Anthropology Test 1 (4 decks)

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