ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Bioarchaeology, Paleopathology, Medical Anthropology

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 1AA3
• Professor: Andrew Wade

Document Summary

Lecture 12: final exam review outline (with sample questions) Post-midterm: cultural aspects of food; subsistence practices; early humans; agriculture & domestication; trends in globalizations; sex & gender; gender in the past. Diseases of past & present; culture & death; bioarchaeology; forensic anthropology. What is anthropology: look at biographies in text! (but, don"t stress over minutia) Know difference between hypothesis & theory & inductive & deductive reasoning. Health systems; illness vs. disease; role of healers; culture-specific illness; Cultural reactions to illness; role of medical anthropology. Rituals surrounding death; cross-cultural perspectives on infanticide & suicide. Bioarchaeology: study of (usually human) skeleton in archaeological context; limitations of evidence; health; diet; work; trauma. Forensic anthropology: role of forensic anthropologist; 10 key questions. Cultural aspects of food: social roles of food; how we classify food (e. g. hot/cold); universals in human food use; food restrictions & food taboos; explanations for food taboos. Subsistence: factors influencing food production (i. e. geography, water, growing conditions);