ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Formal Methods, Phonetics, Language Change
2 Nov 2012
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Anthropology the study of humanity, including the prehistoric origins of humans and contemporary biological, cultural, and linguistic variation. Applied anthropology the use of anthropological knowledge to prevent or solve problems and to shape or achieve policy goals. Archaeology the study of past human cultures. Artifacts portable object made or modified by humans. Cultural anthropology the study of living people and their cultures, including variation and change. Deductive method a method of investigation in which a scientist begins with a general theory, develops specific hypotheses, and tests them. Ethnoarchaeology the study of material artifacts of the past along with the observation of modern peoples who have knowledge of the use and symbolic meaning of those artifacts. Ethnocentrism judging another culture by the standards of ones" own culture rather than by the standards of the other culture, usually resulting in a negative view of the other culture. Ethnography the subfield of anthropology that focuses on the cross- cultural aspects of ethnographic studies.
