ANT 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pastoralism, Sociolinguistics, Dhow
20 Aug 2016
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17-19 neanderthals found in a cave first burial ritual. Don"t know how they organize themselves etc. won"t know until remains are studied historic archeology- look at ancient egypt, mayan, aztec, sumerians not all questions answered. Focus on economics or the progression of leader. Don"t focus on average family life garbology: remains of more recent past. Tausan arizona professor looks at trash asks dietary habits and compares what we say to what he is finding in the trash. Humans tend to be defensive and so they won"t divulge dietary habits willingly. Keep livestock in house with them or very close by: christianity accounts for 1/3 of the worlds religious practitioners. Linguistic anthropology: sociolinguistics: study of how language in social contexts we speak differently to certain people depending on societal standing. Historical linguistics: more and more isolated we get the differences in language increase. Bioarcheology- looking at biological remains in archeological context. Studying group of people health and something based on culture.
