ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography, Radiometric Dating
19 Jul 2016
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The four subfields of anthropology: archaeology o o o. Holistic approach, willing to study just about anything. Interested in the insiders" point of view. Is the study of human behaviour in the past. Depends on the analysis of the things that people leave behind. Based on analysis of material remains of past human activity. Focused on how people lived and how they adapt to different environments - tools, tech, houses. Don"t observe behaviour, instead they reconstruct behaviour based on what they find - science of garbage. Systematic digging: dating techniques - include chemical dating. In the context of our biological functioning. Questions - why are some populations more susceptible to certain diseases. Forensic anthropologists, including the analysis of blood and dna. Study of human behaviour in relation to language. How do people use language to accomplish things. Context - how people use certain tones, volume, expressions to covey specific meanings, how do people tell stories.
