ANTH 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Linguistic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology
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What is archaeology: archaeology is: the study of the human past through material remains. 2. to explain human cultural and biological variability. History has its limits: it only tells us of approx the last 5,000 years of existence and only in certain parts of the world, archaeology and anthropology. In north america, archaeology is usually considered to be part of the eld of anthropology. Anthropology in the broadest sense in the study of humanity and is divided into four sub elds: archaeology. The study of the human past through material remains: cultural anthropology. The study of human cultural diversity among living societies: biological anthropology. The study of human biology and evolution: linguistic anthropology. The study of human language and communication: the breadth of archaeology. Archaeology as a discipline incorporates theory and method from many elds beyond anthropology. How long have we been kicking around.
