ANTHROP 1AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Structural Linguistics, Historical Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology
24 Oct 2016
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Anthropology: the study of differences and similarities, both biological and cultural, in human populations. Anthropology is concerned with typical biological and cultural characteristics of human populations in all periods and in all parts of the world. Holism: a view that culture consists of both behaviour and beliefs and how they are interrelated. Holistic: a broad, comprehensive approach to the study of humankind drawing on the four subfields of anthropology and integrating both biological and cultural phenomena. Applied anthropology: concerns itself with applying anthropological knowledge to achieve practical goals, usually in the service of an agency outside the traditional academic setting. The biocultural model: the idea that human biological diversity is interrelated to changes in environmental conditions and that one of humankind"s greatest adaptive strategies is the development of culture. Ethnocentrism: the erroneous idea that one"s culture and its values are somehow right or superior to another culture"s. Four subfields of anthropology: biological or physical anthropology.
