ANTH 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Paleontology, Job Interview, Biological Anthropology
13 Dec 2018
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See things: anthropology discipline starting to form, early 1990s prior that archaeology modern humans and neanderthals understand diversity . International intrigue: early archaeologist: some adventure involved: movies out of data, not what we do as discipline treasure hunting: doesn"t systematically recover anything, mapping, what archaeology s not, conferences if went and saw, archaeology and truth. Indiana jones: themed outfit: archaeology and 100s. Indiana jones outfit: satchels, misconceptions, archaeology, do something. In field, make relative point culture over time: systematic, painstaking, out, plow, excavations, mapping, skeleton, burials, features, walls, house foundations. Physical/biological: study idea of culture past present all of the above, language, formation, brain capacity opposable thumbs, biological external sources, how culture is system, defines who they are identity differentiation what objects do they use. Makes the living feel better: culture change and continuity, shallow grave, people of flowers on top.
