ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Radiometric Dating, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology
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The study of human beings and their behaviour. The study of human culture and society. The study of individual cultures and how they are organizations. The study of people and how they act. Holistic approach (willingness to study anything, anywhere, anytime) Often has had a focus on non-western people. Insider"s point of view (perspective of those who live in a particular society) The study of human behaviour in the past. Based on the analysis of material remains of past human activity (things people leave behind) Focus on how people lived, how they adapt to different environments (technologies such as tools and housing improvements) Reconstruct behaviour, not observe it (based on material findings) Methods systematic digging, dating techniques (relative) e. g. chemical dating. Based on the premise that we as human beings are animals. Questions why are some people more susceptible to certain diseases than. Primatologists deal with non-human primates and their behaviour others.
