[ANTH 1150] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 42 pages long Study Guide!

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Very broad in its outlook, it embraces the theories of many different disciplines. Specific methods in answering questions and explaining human behaviour. Geographical scope, they study anywhere human behaviour is occurring: farms, city, mountains. Temporal scope: covers a lot of time; goes back to our biological ancestors all the way to the present time. Holistic approach to human behaviour; interested in why humans behave the way they do because of everything going on in their lives. Share a general concern for human behaviour, human history. The study of the physical remains of past human activities or behaviours. Focused on material objects that were left behind. Reconstruct how things were done in the past. How did material objects such as tools, houses or graves change over time. Systematic digging: document the location of where things come from the ground to document the time, and why it was used. Dating first nation"s use of the land to see the relationship.