CAS AR 100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 50 pages long!)

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Materiality of human existence: a more complete history. Not only what is reflected in the written world. The study of human beings as biological organisms and as culture bearing creatures. In the us, four sub disciplines: cultural, physical, archaeology, linguistic. Physical anthropology: the study of the human species as a biological organism. Cultural anthropology: the study of the human species as a cultural organism. Ethnography: the study of a particular culture. Ethnology: comparing cultures to understand how cultures operate or change. Linguistic anthropology: the study of human languages and their effect on social life. Archaeology: the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. Artifact: objects that people made and used in the past. Ecofact: remains of plants, animals, sediments, or other unmodified materials that result from human activity. Feature: an immovable structure or layer, pit, or post in the ground having archaeological significance.