ANTH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kinship Terminology, Microsoft Powerpoint, Ethnography
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Mid-19th century culture was progressive, becoming beter. Anthropology began with morgan (a ny lawyer) who lived on iroquois land in the state of new. Morgan studied the iroquois due to the close proximity (scieniic ethnography) Morgan studied kinship terminology (mother, father, aunt, uncle, etc. ) He thought cultures could be listed from most complex downwards: used status of civilizaion terminology (refer to powerpoint, savagery barbarism civilizaion (7 stages, savagery and barbarism were divided into lower, middle, and upper stages but. People felt that if a culture was let alone; it would not progress or prosper. Smith felt that all other cultures owe their beneits and good things to egypt through difusion. Kulterkreis culture circle or culture ield (school of anthropological thought) Pyramids were built to show class diference, a higher value for some people: you would have a pyramid in your honour. Sept. 11th 2014: this premise was carried through various cultures around the world.
