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Anthropology 1 Ch.1

Ch. 1

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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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