ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Post-Mortem Interval, Bioarchaeology, Linguistic Anthropology
8 Feb 2016
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Chapter 1 introduction (introduces the field of forensic anthropology and highlights roles and responsibilities of working forensic anthropologists today) Cultural anthropology (socio-cultural/social): study of human cultural variation includes aspects of social organization, subsistence practices, economics, politics, conflict, technology and religion. Linguistic anthropology: study of human connection, including differences across time and space and how language systems affect human culture/behaviour. Archaeology: study of past human cultures through materials left behind: material culture includes artifacts (tools), ecofacts (skeletal remains, food refuse), features (remains of buildings/structures, archaeologists often use cultural/evolutionary theories to test hypotheses against. 1940-1970s, attention from medicolegal and military agencies increased, with fa in identification of deceased service members from wwii and korean war: important events by works of wilton marion krogman graduate programs. 1. 3 forensic anthropology today interest programs in fa. Recent expansion in attention and breadth and increased public, media and professional: enormous increase in research/publications in the field, coupled with graduate.
