ANP 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 62: Taphonomy, Bighorn Sheep
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The study of decaying organisms over time and how they may become fossilized. The study of the human past through material remains. Historians limited to small portion of human history. The "past tense" of sociocultural anthropology; archaeology done through an anthropological perspective. The study of humanity from our origins to today/ study of humans as organisms and as members of societies who bear culture. A corpus of learned behaviors/ culture as concept. "a complex whole which involves knowledge, belief, art, morals, law and custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society" ; cultures (groups of people) can also be divided into subcultures. Look for patterns in development of human institutions (similarities across cultures) Understand unique attributes of individual cultures (differences between cultures) Find and understand the factors that have determined the course of human history and the nature of our cultures.
