ANTH 1150 Midterm: COMPLETE REVIEW FOR ANTHROPOLOGY EVERYTHING FOR MIDTERM
12 Feb 2017
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The study of the physical remains of past or prior human activity. Material objects and what it meant to ancestors (study of garbage) Hedican ho(cid:449) people adapt to diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t e(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts i(cid:374) the past. Questions asked: how did people live in the past, change over time (and why) Study of human behaviour in context of biology (we are animals: evolution, co(cid:373)pa(cid:396)iso(cid:374) p(cid:396)i(cid:373)atolog(cid:455, genetics, adaptation, medical anthropology/ forensics. Questions: whe(cid:374) do (cid:449)e appea(cid:396) i(cid:374) fossil (cid:396)e(cid:272)o(cid:396)d. Questio(cid:374)s (cid:894)o(cid:449) is la(cid:374)guage used i(cid:374) spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) situatio(cid:374)s. Tud(cid:455) of (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)es (cid:894)ho(cid:449) diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t g(cid:396)oups of people a(cid:374)d ho(cid:449) the(cid:455) li(cid:448)e i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e the way other live (comparison, influence and interaction) How and why cultures change: methods: participant-o(cid:271)se(cid:396)(cid:448)atio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:448)o(cid:455)eu(cid:396)isti(cid:272), highl(cid:455) fle(cid:454)i(cid:271)le(cid:895) (cid:862)deep ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g out(cid:863) Cultural universals: economics, family, religion, social inequality, politics. What is ethnocentrism: (what are the issues for anthropologists?) Judging others based on your own experiences, standards, values. Judging people and the way they live on your own experiences, values, standards, etc.
