ANT 304 Lecture 1: Ant. Class Notes 1/18/17
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Definition of archaeology - comprehensive study of ancient societies. Totality of material culture is taken into the study/practice. Social cultural anthropology - study of contemporary cultures. Physical anthropology - study of human physical characteristics and how they evolve. Linguistic anthropology - study of how languages develop and interact. Archaeology - study of ancient societies through material culture. In france, it is a discipline of history, in uk it is a discipline itself. Prehistoric archaeology - people who exist before/without writing, no historical documents. Historical archaeology - cultures with writing, with historical documents available.
