ANTH 009 Lecture Notes - Biological Anthropology, Sedentism, Standing Army

• School: PSU
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 009
• Professor: D R.G R E G O R Y B O N D A R

Document Summary

Behavior from the past based on material remains. Biological and genetic explanations of human behavior. Behavior based on the structure of language. Glotto chronology meaning sounds made from the mouth; chronology meaning dating) Comparing words to see the relation of languages (glotto. Anthropology is a cultural study based on the observation of living societies. If you fit in , you are civilized; if not, you are barbarian or foreign. Urbanization: consists of large, densely-populated, and economically complex settlements or cities i. Significant percent of people go to the market place for food and products; they are less dependent on other groups of people: food surplus i. High productivity permits sedentism (when storage is available) and full-time specialization: full-time specialists ceramics, metalwork, etc. Individuals who do not have to grow their own food: stratification. A society in which some fixed, intra-societal groups command more prestige and authority than others (social classes, caste, or feudal pyramid: decline of kin-based authority i.