ANTH 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Excavata, Big Questions
7 Oct 2020
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Cultural (social) anthropology (ethnology: contemporary societies. Biology (physical: physical (including genetic) nature of near human relatives and primates. Prehistoric refers to the time prior to the existence of written records. One period end and another begins at different times around the world. Archaeology is primary way to learn about prehistoric societies. Also adds to our understanding of historic period societies. Compliments the information continued in written documents. Only some things are preserved: wood decomposed. Often little control over what is being sampled: sampling strategies. Someone is writing something for some reason. In most societies with some form of written record, common folk and their lives are truly people without history. Two anthropological objectives: how people lived in the past, why cultures changed over great periods over time. Origins of agriculture: from mobile hunting to gathering groups, to sedentary farming. Climate change over great periods of time.
