ANT 112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Intercultural Competence, Ethnocentrism, Glocalization

• School: Elon University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT 112
• Professor: Muriel Vernon

Document Summary

Greek roots anthropos + logos = study of man . Definition: study of the diversity of human bodies and behavior in the past and present. Physical anthropology: study of the diversity of human bodies the past and present, including physical adaptation, group or race characteristics, and human evolution. Primatology: study of physical and behavioral characteristics of the category of species called primates. Archaeology: study of the diversity of human behavior in the past, based on the traces left behind by past humans or societies. Artifacts: physical objects created by humans, often specifically the portable objects like tools, pottery, jewelry, etc. Features: in archaeology the large and non portable objects or structures created and left by humans, including walls, buildings, roads, canals, and so on. Ecofacts: the environmental remains from past human social contexts, polleb, animal bones, shells. Garbology: study of contemporary trash to examine how humans make, consume, and discard material objects in the present.