VOCABULARY FOR LITERATE STUDENTS

Following is a list of Essential Words, that is words which all literate students should know. In the course of the semester we will discuss all of these words and all students will be responsible for the appropriate use of them.

Anthropology

“The Cone of Light”

Sympathetic magic

Lucito Model

Syncretic

Geographic determination

Culture

Culture traits and culture complexes

Culture markers

Acculturation

Assimilation

Accommodation

Specialization

Climate

Pre-history

Evolution

Paleolithic

Neolithic

Hominid

Ice Ages

Nomadic

Migration

Dispersion

Diffusion

Adoption

Adaptation

“Form follows function”

Didactic

Religion

Funerary

Venus Figures

Anthropomorphic

Monotheistic

Polytheistic

Sedentary

Domestication

Hinterland

Agriculture

Surplus

Patriarchal

Matriarchal

Archaic

Dynasty

Despot