ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Rescue Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology, Molecular Anthropology
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Anta01 - introduction to anthropology: becoming human day 1. Highlights centrality idea of culture to disciplinary anthro. Culture: all aspects of human adaption including echnology, traditions, language, religion, and social roles. Culture is a set of learned behaviours; it is transmitted from one generation to the next through learning and not biological or genetic means. Hot dog = the need to eat is biological; the desire to eat a hot dog is cultural. Ethnography: studying a group of people in a select time. Study of language in the anthropological context. Different cultures using different terms for the same idea/concept. Material culture: the physical manifestation of human activites, such as tools, art and structures. 4 different types of archaeology: prehistoric archaeology, study of non literar. Beginning of histo: historic archaeology, beginning of historic archaeology was 3000 bc, bio archaeology, study of biological materials in the context of anthropology, can study human, plant, & animal remains.
