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Anthropology 1 Ch.1
Ch. 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | Study of Humans |
| Physical Anthropology | studies humans as biological species |
| What research is physical anthropology mainly focused on | human evolution & modern human variation |
| fossils | fragmentary remains of bones and other living material preserved often in sediment |
| physical anthropology is closely related to what other science | Natural Science |
| paleoanthropology | the study of human evolution through analysis of fossils |
| primatology | study of primates |
| primates | animals that belong |
| anthrogologist | study humans by physical characteristics |
| osteology | anthropological study of human skeleton |
| archaeology | examines the material traces of past societies |
| artifacts | material products from former socities |
| middens | ancient trash piles |
| prehistoric archaeologist | study of artifacts of ancient inhabitants and first humans |
| historical archaeologist | work with historians in investigating the artifacts of the more recent past |
| classical archaeologist | research on ancient civilizations (egypt, greece, rome) |
| ethnoarchaeology | study of material artifacts of the past along with observation of modern people |
| linguistic anthropology | the study of the relationship between language and culture |
| linguistics | the study of language |
| structural linguistics | how language works |
| sociolinguistics | connection between language and social behavior |
| historical linguistics | concentrates on the comparison of different languages and compares them to others |
| cultural anthropology (ethnology) | studies various societies in the world |
| participant observation | research strategy in conducting field work in diffeent settings |
| ethnography | results of field work |
| ethnographic data | reports on enviormental settings, economic patters, social organization, political systems and religious ritual beliefs |
| ethologist | anthropology that focus on cross cultural aspects of various ethnographics |
| applied anthropology | use of anthropological data from other subfields to address modern problems |
| holistic anthropology | a broad comprehansive account that draws on all four subfields |
| global persective | allows anthropologist to consider biological, enviornmental, economical, phycilogical, historical, social and cultural conditions of humans at all times |
| ethnocentrism | judging other socities against ones own society |
| scientific method | a system of logic used to evaluate data derived from systematic observations |
| inductive method | scientist make observations and collect data |
| variable | any piece of data that changes from case to case |
| hypothesis | a testable position regarding sets of variables |
| theories | statments that explain hypothesies and observations |
| deductive method | scientist begin with a general theory and gather a hypothesis |
| ethnopoetics | study of poetry and how it relates to experiences of people in different societies |
| ethnomusicology | study of musical traditions in various socieites |
Created by:
ssnyder1993
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