ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 Fall 2019
22 Dec 2019
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The systematic study of humankind in all times, all places and all contexts. Human biology, population genetics, human ecology, forensic anthropology. The study of contemporary cultures and societies. Methodology: ethnology (compares and analysis the characteristics of different people) and participant observation. Ethnography: a description of an aspect of culture within a society. The study of the past societies and their cultures using material culture (tools, ceramics, sites) Usually no written documents or oral histories. Evidence comes from artifacts recovered from archaeological sites. Sampling- usually do not excavate the entire site. Evidence is recorded labelled, photographed and mapped. Studies the construction and use of language by human societies. Structural linguistics: how language works and the relationship between language and thought. Sociolinguistics: the relationship between language and social behaviour in different cultures. Studies all aspects of biology and behaviour of the human species, past and present.
