ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Yir-Yoront Language, Online Poker, Fur Clothing
Document Summary
Technology and culture since the first stone tools and fur clothing, humans have been using technology to adapt to their environments. Most human societies today have incredibly complex technologies (planes, water purification systems, cell phones) Digital technology anthropologists are currently studying digital technology"s impact on cultures and subcultures some recent research includes: Case study: steel axes among the yir yoront. Yir yoront are an aboriginal people of australia for centuries, they had made and used stone axes, which were necessary for almost all parts of their lives (chopping firewood, fishing, hunting etc. ) When european missionaries arrived in the area in the early 20th century, they started giving out a number of goods that they felt would improve the yir yoront"s way of life. One of the things the europeans gave, was the short handed steel axe this tool allowed people to complete tasks quicker than with a stone axe.
