[ANT 102] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 27 pages long Study Guide!
29 Mar 2017
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What is anthropology: goal: to understand/ explain human diversity over time and space, science and humanities, scientific method, ethnographic stories and interpretation, four field tradition, comparative, holistic. Material culture: material culture is interpreted to make inferences about the cultures of the past, resource exploitation, social organization, technology, adaptations, environmental impact. Artifacts: objects that have been made or modified by humans, typically of cultural or historical interest, includes: Features: non-portable evidence of human activities, includes: Biofacts (ecofacts: plant and animal remains that were used by humans, but not modified. Fossils: remains of ancient life (bones, traces, impressions) that can be dated through radiometric methods. 1. archaeology: reconstruction of the past to trace and explain cultural changes. 2. biological/physical anthropology: human evolution, primatology, human adaptation, variation in growth, development, aging, and health, biocultural anthropology. 3. linguistic anthropology: language-culture relationships, communication, making meaning, and reinforcing culture, evolution of language, sociolinguistics, cultural anthropology, the study of cultural diversity.
