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Class Notes Before Midterm #1 Flashcards

1
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Define Anthropology

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The study of human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology; holistic.

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Define Cultural Anthropology

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The study of the customs, ideas, and behaviours of contemporary cultures. Sometimes the present is studied to understand the past.

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Define Culture

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The strategy by which humans adapt to the natural environment; the customary ways of thinking and behaving of a particular population/society.

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Define Primatology

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The study of primates, especially learned behaviour.

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Define Ethnology

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The comparative study of cultures in contemporary cultures.

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Define Ethnographic Research

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Collecting information about a specific culture through field work.

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Define Linguistics

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Study of human speech and language.

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Define Historical Linguistics

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Study of how languages evolve and how they may be related.

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Define Structural Linguistics

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Study of human speech and language.

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Define Physical Anthropology

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The study of human biology within the framework of evolution.

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Define Paleoanthropology

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The study of the emergence of humans.

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12
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Define Molecular Anthropology

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Using DNA evidence to answer anthropological questions.

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13
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Define Osteology

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The study of bone; especially teeth.

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Paleopathology

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The study of ancient disease.

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Define Archaeology

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The study of human past through their material remains.

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What are some subsets of Archaeology?

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  1. Historical Archaeology (written documents/records)
  2. Classical Archaeology (areas around the Mediterranean/Rome/Greece)
  3. Pre-Contact Archaeology (before the written word)
  4. Underwater Archaeology
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What are the research goals of Archaeology?

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  1. Establish chronology
  2. Reconstruct and describe ancient life ways
  3. Attempt to explain current change
18
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What is the Biocultural Model?

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Biological influences as well as cultural influences have impacted out evolutionary history. Nature vs. Nurture.

19
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Who was Charles Darwin?

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1800s; Origin of Species 1859
Proposed Theory of Evolution by means of Natural Selection. Ideas included: All life on earth has common ancestry and the mechanisms of evolutionary change is natural selection, which depends on Variation, Heritability, and Differential Reproductive Success. Alfred Wallace also proposed this.

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View of the World Before Darwin

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World was young, species divinely created, species were immutable.

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Who was Georges Curvier?

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Late 1700s-early 1800s; French.

Proposed theory of catastrophism; massive catastrophes caused the earth to change.

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Who was James Hutton?

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1700s; Scottish.
Dealt with Geological Strata and the concept of uniformitarianism; changes of the earth happened over a long time; naturally.

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Who was John Frere?

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Late 1700s; English
Used uniformitarianism and stratigraohic analysis to argue that the tools found beneath the bones of extinct animals were quite old.

24
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Who was CJ Thomsen?

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Early 1800s; Danish

3 age system; Stone > Bronze > Iron

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Who was Charles Lyell?

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1800s
Through the principles of Geology, determined that various archaeological features were millions of years old; evidence for the antiquity of the earth.

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Who was Robert Hooke?

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1600s

Cells and microscopes, determined that fossilized wood had once been living.

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Who was Carolus Linnaens?

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1700s

Classification system for organisms, Father of Taxonomy; idea of common ancestor.

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Who was Jean Baptise Lamarck?

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Mid1700s-early 1800s

Theory of acquired inheritance; things changes due to needs.

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What were the Emerging Scientific world views of the mid 19th century?

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The earth was old and it had changes over time; so had animals and plants.

30
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What is the difference between a mutation and Natural Selection?

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Mutation is a random event while Natural Selection is not.

31
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Define Species

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A population that consists of organisms able to interbreed and produce fertile and viable offspring.

32
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Define Scientific Method

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Lewis Binford; Observation > Hypothesis > Predictions > Test > Conclusion

33
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Define Archaeological Site

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Location of past human activity

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Define Habitation Site

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An area with evidence of domestic activity. Ex. Tipi ring

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Define Kill Site

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A site used for killing and butchering animals. Ex. Buffalo Jump

36
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Define Ceremonial Site

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Site with an amount of significance attributed to it, usually because current populations know of it. Ex. Herschel Petroglyph.

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Define Historical Site

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Access to documents with the site; ex. Last Mountain House

38
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Define Site Survey

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Found accidentally or while surveying the land.

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