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This document is a review sheet for a test covering various topics in anthropology and archaeology. It includes questions on language, early plant domestication, and the evolution of civilizations. The topics covered include the Neolithic and Mesolithic eras, as well as the Bronze Age.

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Review Sheet for Test 3 It may seem like a lot of information, however, many of these terms and concepts are connected. As you review the material, you will end up going over multiple terms and concepts. What is language? Broca’s area and Wernike’s area, productivity, displacement, current state of...

Review Sheet for Test 3 It may seem like a lot of information, however, many of these terms and concepts are connected. As you review the material, you will end up going over multiple terms and concepts. What is language? Broca’s area and Wernike’s area, productivity, displacement, current state of language, call systems, protolanguage Noam Chomsky, Edward Sapir & Benjamin Whorf (what did they contribute regarding language studies?) The role of linguistic anthropologists, what do they do? Attributes of the landscapes that led to successful experimentation with early plant domestication. What first animals to be domesticated by humans are now common pets, selective breeding/artificial selection, zoonosis Significance of early domesticated plant items. Basic characteristics of the Neolithic (new stone age) and Mesolithic (middle stone age). They are uniquely different. The Broad Spectrum Revolution (BSR) and its corresponding tools The basic features of an organized city-state, how did successful agriculture lead to city-state formation? The first writing style and the oldest piece of literature produced Smelting, Metallurgy, and impacts of the Bronze age; Prized minerals in Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica Population groups covered in the unit on Mesoamerica; Olmec, Maya, Aztecs. The role of archaeologists, what do they do? Types of archaeology methods/techniques, examples of archaeology jobs/types Impacts of globalization and the role of applied anthropology; commodity tourism, commercial tourism

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