AANT exam 2 Flashcards

1
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gender role

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different participation of genders in various activities

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2
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gender ideology and androcentric

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culturally specific meaning assigned to genders and reproduction

androcentric is a perspective that only focuses on men

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3
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kinship systems, patrilineal, matrilineal, Bilateral and unilineal

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k: socially recognized network of relationships based on descent and marriage

Bi: mother and father sides are equally valued

Uni: one side is valued over the other

Patrilineal: Fathers line and traits

Matrilineal: Mothers line and traits

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4
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moiety

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form of social organization characterized by the division of society into two complementary parts

then clans are made and after comes lineage

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5
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social organization is either residential or non-residential

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residential or non-residential (providing a place to live)

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6
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status is either

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achieved or ascribed (handed to)

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7
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Hunter gatherer social org

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usually small population (<100)

egalitarian

residentially mobile

animistic (natural elements) religion

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8
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egalitarian societies vs ranked societies

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egalitarian is more on the equality side, little to no care about status

ranked is more differentiated between kin groups

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9
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segmentary societies

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population up to a few 1000

autonomous (free/freedom), but occasional pan-tribal (different tribes unified) communities

small scale farming/herding

residentially sedentary

more organized religion/rituals/elders

more elaborate mortuary (cemetery)

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10
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Chiefdoms

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5-20k + population
defined social status (ascribed)
centralized power (political and religious)
craft specialization
Agricultural
More territorial
Monumental arch
metallurgy (metal object production)

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11
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state level societies

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> 20k population
restricted class levels
king/emperor
taxes, laws, bureaucracy
urban/frontier/roads
pantheistic (god and universe are the same)/mono-theistic
Palaces/temples

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12
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what are the ways we study subsistence(diet)

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faunal analysis: the study of animal remains (bones, teeth, poop)

done by zooarchaeologist and archaeobiologist

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13
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how to solve Number of identified specimens
(NISP)

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By counting the raw number of bone or fragments of bone per species

this is the 1st step after identification

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14
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how to solve Minimum number of individuals
(MNI)

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by identifying the most distinct skeletal elements (like left, right bones) that could only belong to one animal, to find out ATLEAST how many animals where present

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15
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what are people who study ancient plants called

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Paleoethnobotanists

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16
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what is environmental archaeology

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Human-environment interaction

17
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what is coring, what are the different kinds

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sea cores (mud)

ice cores (ice)

freshwater cores (mud)

terrestrial cores (planet)

sample tubes from these environments

18
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what is geomorphology, what are the different kinds

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the physical structure or form of an object -rivers, coastal, Landscape, glacial, sediment and soils

19
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what can be used to find out when hurricanes have passed in the past

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tree rings because they absorb surface water affected by hurricanes with their roots,

20
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lithic tool terms

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core: large chunk of rock that gets reduced

hammerstone: used to remove flakes from the core

debitage: waste products of lithic production

21
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stages of reduction

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primary: cortex is present

secondary:AAAA

tertiary: finishing

22
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molecular archaeology

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uses genetic material, aka dna from human skeletal remains and living people

23
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molecular clock

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a technique that estimates the timing of evolutionary events by analyzing the rate of genetic mutations accumulating in DNA or protein sequences, to infer the timing of past human migrations and other archaeological events.

24
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Ways we can tell the biological sex of human remains

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Subpubic angle is wider for females, males are slimmer and longer

sciatic notch is wider for females

skull features: Supraorbital ridges are extreme on males, large teeth, square chin and pronounced face muscles, back of their heads are pointier

females have round chins, slighter brows, and sharp orbital borders

25
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osteology and bioarcheology

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study of bone and the study of the human biological
component of the archaeological
record.

26
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ascribed vs achieved status

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passed down vs earned

27
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what does berdache mean

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person who embodies both masculine and feminine qualities, or who occupies a unique gender role in their community. now known as two spirit

28
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Coprolites

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fossilized poop

29
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cognitive archaeology

30
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what is religion and ritual

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religion is a set of beliefs about one’s relationship with the supernatural

ritual is behaviors that must be performed in a particular order under particular circumstances

31
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what is ideology and cosmology

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cosmology is the study of origin, large-scale structure, and future of the universe

ideology is the study of how belief systems, worldviews, and social structures influence human behavior in the past, as understood through material culture

32
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epigraphy

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the study and the interpretation of ancient inscriptions

33
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agonography