ANTHROP 3401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Glossary Of Archaeology, Guilá Naquitz Cave, Stamp Collecting
8 Mar 2017
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March 6: what is archaeology, three secrets of archaeology, archaeologists study people, anthropology = study of all aspects of humankind, extant and extinct, employing an all-encompassing, holistic approach. Studied patterns of consumption: differences between what people said they consumed vs. what was actually observed, holistic anthropology, four sub-disciplines, cultural anthropology, emphasizes the learned social behaviors of living, or recent, social groups, physical/biological anthropology. Focuses on the biological basis of humankind: linguistic anthropology. Focus on the role of language in human social life: archaeology. Study of (mostly) past people through the systematic recovery and analysis of (mostly) material remains. History of archaeology: antiquarianism meaningful, 18th and 19th century tradition of collecting antiquities, example: aztec collected and buried olmec jade masks in the foundations of their larger pyramids; olmec lived in the southern. Am: william whiston (1696, literal sense of scripture is true, that which is natural can be ascribed to a miraculous power.
