ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture : Anthropology.docx
26 Nov 2012
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Determined by legal, social, political and cultural beliefs. Premised on an inherent concept of the body as divided . To be protected against, as conveyors of more dead. Continuity of life in same or different location. Talisman- an object endowed with magic, brings luck, healing, wards off evil. Personal property- they killed this person, therefore they own them and the rights to all corporeal and non corporeal parts. Tools of the trade- to cast spells, impart/prevent curses, and used as instruments of magic and prediction. Control and authority- to minimize the impact of death, control chaos and the sprit world, possess spirits for shamanic work. Veneration and worship- ties to ancestors, acknowledging family/elders, respect for past generations to help you, display lineage/history. Cultural and religiousness on the fleetingness of life. Humans are both cultural and biological beings page 4 begins bios on anthropologists from all 4 major areas. Culture is defined as a learned and transmitted behavior.
